Ellen Meiksins Wood In Defence of History (Paperback)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: In Defence of HistoryCondition: NewFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 01/01/1997EAN: 9780853459835Subtitle: Marxism and the Postmodern AgendaISBN-10: 0853459835ISBN: 9780853459835Publisher: Monthly Review Press,U.S.Description: Are we now in an age of "postmodernity"? Even as some on the right have proclaimed the "end of history" or the final triumph of capitalism, we are told by some intellectuals on the left that the "modern" epoch has ended, that the "Enlightenment Project" is dead, that all the old verities and ideologies have lost their relevance, that the old principles of rationality no longer apply, and so on. Yet what is striking about the diagnosis of postmodernity is that it has so much in common with older pronouncements of death, both radical and reactionary versions. What has ended, apparently, is not so much another, different epoch but the same one all over again. In response, today's intellectuals on the left seem to be returning to historical materialism, to class analysis. This collection reflects that move, pinning postmodernism in its place and time. It exposes the erroneous bases of "pro-mo" premises, by identifying the real problems to which the current intellectual fashions offer false - or no - solutions. In so doing, the contributors challenge the limits imposed on action and resistance by those who see liberating "new times" in the contradictions of contemporary capitalism.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 230mmContributor: Ellen Meiksins Wood (Edited by), John Bellamy Foster (Edited by)Author: Ellen Meiksins WoodGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Social Sciences, Law & PoliticsRelease Year: 1997 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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