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Bad Marxism: Capitalism and Cultural Studies

By John Hutnyk

Book information

Year
2004
ISBN
9780745322667, 0745322662, 0745322670, 9780745322674, 9781435660908
Open Library ID
OL22590806M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
737 kB (754397 bytes)
Pages
264\265
Topic
Education
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Cultural Studies commonly claims to be a radical discipline. This book thinks that's a bad assessment. Cultural theorists love to toy with Marx, but critical thinking seems to fall into obvious traps. After an introduction which explains why the 'Marxism' of the academy is unrecognisable and largely unrecognised in anti-capitalist struggles, Bad Marxism provides detailed analyses of Cultural Studies' cherished moves by holding fieldwork, archives, empires, hybrids and exchange up against the practical criticism of anti-capitalism. Engaging with the work of key thinkers: Jacques Derrida, James Clifford, Gayatri Spivak, Georges Bataille, Homi Bhabha, Michael Hardt and Toni Negri, Hutnyk concludes by advocating an open Marxism that is both pro-party and pro-critique, while being neither dogmatic, nor dull.

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