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Loading... Marx through Post-Structuralism: Lyotard, Derrida, Foucault, Deleuzeby Simon Choat
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. [NB: Only read the first couple of chapters and the one on Deleuze] A nice, clearly articulated primer on Marx and the major figures of post-strucuralism, but it didn't really seem like Choat was telling me much I didn't already know or intuit at least. If you're looking for someone to make people like Althusser and Deleuze digestible, I suppose this is a step up from those "Introducing Postmodernism" books, but there's nothing really fresh or exciting here. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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Marx Through Post-Structuralism presents a thorough critical examination of the readings of Marx given by four post-structuralist thinkers, all key figures in Continental philosophy: Jean-Franc?ois Lyotard, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, and Gilles Deleuze. Arguing that both Marx and the post-structuralists seek to produce a genuinely materialist philosophy, the author aims to develop a better understanding of both Marx and post-structuralism and in so doing to reflect on the possibilities and problems for materialist philosophy more broadly. Against the common assumption that post-structuralism begins with a rejection of Marx, Choat argues that Marx has been a key influence on post-structuralist thought and that each of the four thinkers examined affirms Marx's contemporary significance. By looking at how these thinkers have read Marx - analysing their direct comments, unspoken uses, and implicit criticisms - the book demonstrates that there is a distinct and original post-structuralist approach to Marx that allows us to read him in a new light. No library descriptions found. |
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