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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! <br>
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<h2><em>The Frankfurt School, Postmodernism and the Politics of the
Pseudo-Left: A Marxist Critique</em></h2>
<h5> 21 July 2015 </h5>
<p><em>The </em>World Socialist Web Site<em> is pleased to announce
the upcoming publication of </em><a
href="https://mehring.com/frankfurt-school-postmodernism.html">The
Frankfurt School, Postmodernism and the Politics of the
Pseudo-Left: A Marxist Critique</a><em> by David North, which
will be released on August 10, 2015.</em></p>
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<p><em>The book is available for preorder today at <a
href="https://mehring.com/frankfurt-school-postmodernism.html">Mehring
Books</a> for the price of $24.95. </em></p>
<p><em>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. </em></p>
<p><em>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.</em></p>
<p><em>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.</em></p>
<p><em>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 </em>World
Socialist Web Site<em>. A prolific writer on history and politics,
his major works include </em>The Heritage We Defend<em>, </em>In
Defense of Leon Trotsky<em>, and </em>The Russian Revolution and
the Unfinished Twentieth Century<em>.</em></p>
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