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From Marxism to Post-Marxism?
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This work is suited to both specialists in social theory and politically engaged general readers interested in Marxism, critical theory, and contemporary political discourse.
A comprehensive history of the development of Marxist theory and the parameters of 21st-century politics
A comprehensive history of the development of Marxist theory and the parameters of 21st-century politics.
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In this succinct and panoramic work—both stimulating for the specialist and accessible to the general reader—one of the world's leading social theorists, Göran Therborn, tackles the question of the trajectory of Marxism in the twentieth century and its legacy for radical thought in the twenty-first.
Addressing the history of critical theory from the contemporary vantage-point characterised by postmodernism, post-Marxism and critiques of Eurocentrism, Therborn probes how the recent theoretical currents—including those of Slavoj Žižek, Antonio Negri, and Alain Badiou—have coped with the changed intellectual as well as political and economic contexts.
In the light of these discussions, Therborn then proceeds to a global investigation of the parameters of twenty-first century politics. From Marxism to Post-Marxism? will become the essential appraisal of Marxism in the modern age.
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The Guardian praises the book for its "finely tuned style of analysis and judgment," while Mediations hails Therborn as an excellent guide for navigating the challenges ahead in political thought.
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ISBN: 9781788732437
Publisher: Verso Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 17 April 2018
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Verso Books
Audience: General / adult
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Spine width: 15.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 228g
Pages: 208
About the Author
GÖRAN THERBORN is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Cambridge. He is also the former Co-Director of the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences at Uppsala. His works have been published in at least twenty-four languages. Since his retirement from Cambridge in 2010, he has lived at Ljungbyholm, in southeast Sweden.
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