About this title: What is postmodernism? What are the reasons for its attractiveness? In Defense of History is a compelling challenge to postmodern fashion, written by new intellectuals on the left who are reviving historical materialism as an alternative.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: MONTHLY REVIEW PR
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780853459835ISBN:0853459835
Description: What is postmodernism? What are the reasons for its attractiveness? In Defense of History is a compelling challenge to postmodern fashion, written by new intellectuals on the left who are reviving historical materialism as an alternative. read more
Binding: Hardbound
Publisher: Aakar Books, New Delhi
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9788187879756ISBN:8187879750
Description: New. pp. 204. As New. Contents I. Introduction What is the postmodern agenda/Ellen Meiksins Wood. II. Postmodernism and intellectuals 1. Where do postmodernists come from/Terry Eagleton. 2. Language history and class struggle/David McNally. 3. The politics of cultural studies/Francis Mulhern. 4. Culture nationalism and the role of intellectuals/Aijaz Ahmad. 5. Old positions/new necessities history class and Marxist metanarrative/Bryan D. Palmer. 6. Against social De(con)struction of science ... read more
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