[D66] The Frankfurt School, Postmodernism and the Politics of the Pseudo-Left: A Marxist Critique

[J.N.]

Goh, een verjaardagscadeautje. North is rechtlijnig in de leer (men
gelooft in credit, automobielen en arbeiders) maar helder en de moeite
waard. Een reactie op Marxism 'without its heart and head' van Steiner
en Brenner. De twee terugkerende meesterwoorden bij de Northites: pseudo
(ps-eu-do) en profound. Jodi Dean: "Even the mad contribute to the
revolution".  De verlichting en de neo-neologisering slaan weer eens
toe. Inventing the future is een no go, neo-utopische theoretici
boogiemannen. Welke politiek is het bootstrappen nog waard? Terug naar
Weil. Trotski probeer Weil nog in zijn kamp over te halen, maar hongerde
zich liever dood. Weil was de avantgarde van de consumptieve
bezuiningingsdrift, letterlijk. We gaan gewoon allemaal in
HONGERSTAKING!  TEGEN MEER! EIS DE AS!


    /The Frankfurt School, Postmodernism and the Politics of the
    Pseudo-Left: A Marxist Critique/


          21 July 2015

/The /World Socialist Web Site/is pleased to announce the upcoming
publication of /The Frankfurt School, Postmodernism and the Politics of
the Pseudo-Left: A Marxist Critique
<https://mehring.com/frankfurt-school-postmodernism.html>/by David
North, which will be released on August 10, 2015./

/The book is available for preorder today at Mehring Books
<https://mehring.com/frankfurt-school-postmodernism.html> for the price
of $24.95. /

/The polemical essays in this volume examine the complex interaction
between history, philosophy and politics. The author defends historical
materialism against contemporary anti-Marxist philosophical tendencies
related to the Frankfurt School and postmodernism. /

/Among the topics covered are the irrationalist assault on the
traditions of the Enlightenment, the reactionary character of modern
utopianism, and the importance of a historically-directed consciousness
in the understanding of objective political reality. The book evaluates
the work of such neo-utopian theoreticians as Hendrik de Man, Ernst
Bloch, Wilhelm Reich, and Herbert Marcuse./

/Upholding the tradition of Marx, Engels, Plekhanov, Lenin and Trotsky,
this work is vital reading for those who wish to deepen their knowledge
of classical Marxism. It provides critical insight into the
philosophical and political issues separating scientific socialism from
the ideological tendencies that influence a wide array of pseudo-left
and anti-socialist political movements./

/David North, a leading figure in the Fourth International for forty
years, is chairman of the Socialist Equality Party (US) and the
International Editorial Board of the /World Socialist Web Site/. A
prolific writer on history and politics, his major works include /The
Heritage We Defend/, /In Defense of Leon Trotsky/, and /The Russian
Revolution and the Unfinished Twentieth Century/./


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