Marxism, Mysticism and Modern Theory

Description

Fashionable new theories tend to reject universal reason in favour of pluralism and locality. Marxism, Mysticism and Modern Theory examines some of these theories and argues that they are the mystified expression of the current political and economic impasse. Today's relativistic outlook reveals a minimalist and atomized viewpoint - a retreat from the goal of rational understanding. Marxism, Mysticism and Modern Theory sets out, in this critique, the case for developing a new humanism to extend rationality. Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii The three sources and component parts of Marxism....Pages 1-6 Marxism and social construction....Pages 7-27 Uncertain judgement: a critique of the culture of crime....Pages 28-60 Racial identities: the degradation of human constructions....Pages 61-84 Marxism and feminist theory....Pages 85-110 The return of the Sacred....Pages 111-134 Determined to be different: social constructionism and homosexuality....Pages 135-161 Political Internet? What a Wondrous Web we weave....Pages 162-173 Afterword: on the problem of anti-humanism....Pages 174-184 Back Matter....Pages 185-189