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Marxism after Modernity

Politics, Technology and Social Transformation

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Ross Abbinnett
      Pages 1-6
  3. Ideology, Aesthetics and Mass Culture

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
    2. Materialism and Ideology

      • Ross Abbinnett
      Pages 9-17
    3. The Reification of Culture

      • Ross Abbinnett
      Pages 18-28
    4. The Rise of Ludic Aestheticism

      • Ross Abbinnett
      Pages 29-39
    5. Capitalism and the Hyperreal

      • Ross Abbinnett
      Pages 40-50
    6. Ideology and Difference

      • Ross Abbinnett
      Pages 51-60
  4. Capitalism and Technology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-62
    2. Machines and Socialized Production

      • Ross Abbinnett
      Pages 63-73
  5. Globalization and the New International

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-116
    2. Colonialism and Imperialism

      • Ross Abbinnett
      Pages 117-125
    3. World Markets and Global Transformations

      • Ross Abbinnett
      Pages 126-132
    4. Transeconomic Capitalism

      • Ross Abbinnett
      Pages 144-151
    5. The Politics of Hospitality

      • Ross Abbinnett
      Pages 152-166
  6. Marxism, Postmodernism and the Political

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 167-167

About this book

Marxism After Modernity is concerned with the ways in which Marxist theory has responded to the major social, economic and technological transformations of capitalism which have occurred in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.

Reviews

'The argument is clearly expressed, very subtly structured and well- informed. One of the strengths of the book is that it avoids the dull simplicity of the rescue of Marxist Truth from the errors of postmodernity or, by contrast, the tendency to throw Marxism into the dustbin in a moment of postmodern exuberance. The book offers a sophisticated and knowledgeable debate between Marxism and postmodernism and, thus, seeks to move the argument onto a new ground that emphasises questions of ethical responsibility.' - Keith Tester, Professor of Cultural Sociology, University of Portsmouth, UK

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Birmingham, UK

    Ross Abbinnett

About the author

ROSS ABBINNETT is Senior Lecturer in Social and Political Theory at the University of Birmingham, UK. He is the author of Truth and Social Science: From Hegel to Deconstruction and Culture and Identity: Critical Theories.

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