Post-Marxism
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+ | "To what extent has it become necessary to modify the notion of [[class struggle]], in order to be able to deal with the new [[political subjects]] — [[feminism|women]], [[nationalism|national]], [[racial minority|racial]] and [[sexual minorities]], [[anti-nuclear]] and [[anti-institutional]] movements etc — of a clearly [[anti-capitalist]] character, but whose [[identity]] is not constructed around specific 'class interests'?"-- "[[Socialist Strategy: Where Next?]]" (1981) by Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe | ||
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+ | '''Post-Marxism''' is a perspective in [[Critical theory|critical]] [[social theory]] which radically reinterprets [[Marxism]], countering its association with [[economism]], [[historical determinism]], [[Antihumanism|anti-humanism]], and [[class reductionism]], whilst remaining committed to the construction of [[socialism]]. Most notably, post-Marxists are [[Anti-essentialism|anti-essentialist]], rejecting the primacy of [[Class conflict|class struggle]], and instead focus on building [[radical democracy]]. Post-Marxism can be considered a synthesis of [[Post-structuralism|post-structuralist]] frameworks and [[Neo-Marxism|neo-Marxist]] analysis, in response to the decline of the [[New Left]] after the [[protests of 1968]]. | ||
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+ | The term post-Marxism first appeared in [[Ernesto Laclau]] and [[Chantal Mouffe]]'s theoretical work ''[[Hegemony and Socialist Strategy]]''. It can be said that post-Marxism as a political theory was developed at the [[University of Essex]] by Laclau and Mouffe. Philosophically, post-Marxism counters derivationism and [[essentialism]] (for example, it does not see economy as a foundation of politics and the state as an instrument that functions unambiguously and autonomously on behalf of the interests of a given class). | ||
- | '''Post-Marxism''' is a trend in [[political philosophy]] and [[social theory]] which deconstructs [[Karl Marx]]'s writings and [[Marxists|Marxism]] proper, bypassing [[orthodox Marxism]]. The term post-Marxism first appeared in [[Ernesto Laclau]] and [[Chantal Mouffe]]'s theoretical work ''[[Hegemony and Socialist Strategy]]''. It can be said that post-Marxism as a political theory was developed at the [[University of Essex]] by Laclau and Mouffe. Philosophically, post-Marxism counters derivationism and [[essentialism]] (for example, it does not see economy as a foundation of politics and the state as an instrument that functions unambiguously and autonomously on behalf of the interests of a given class). Recent overviews of post-Marxism are provided by [[Ernesto Screpanti]], [[Göran Therborn]] and Gregory Meyerson. | ||
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* ''[[Arena (first series)|Arena]]'' | * ''[[Arena (first series)|Arena]]'' |
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"To what extent has it become necessary to modify the notion of class struggle, in order to be able to deal with the new political subjects — women, national, racial and sexual minorities, anti-nuclear and anti-institutional movements etc — of a clearly anti-capitalist character, but whose identity is not constructed around specific 'class interests'?"-- "Socialist Strategy: Where Next?" (1981) by Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe |
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Post-Marxism is a perspective in critical social theory which radically reinterprets Marxism, countering its association with economism, historical determinism, anti-humanism, and class reductionism, whilst remaining committed to the construction of socialism. Most notably, post-Marxists are anti-essentialist, rejecting the primacy of class struggle, and instead focus on building radical democracy. Post-Marxism can be considered a synthesis of post-structuralist frameworks and neo-Marxist analysis, in response to the decline of the New Left after the protests of 1968.
The term post-Marxism first appeared in Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe's theoretical work Hegemony and Socialist Strategy. It can be said that post-Marxism as a political theory was developed at the University of Essex by Laclau and Mouffe. Philosophically, post-Marxism counters derivationism and essentialism (for example, it does not see economy as a foundation of politics and the state as an instrument that functions unambiguously and autonomously on behalf of the interests of a given class).
See also
- Arena
- Autonomism
- Budapest School (Lukács)
- Frankfurt School
- Marxism and Marxist philosophy
- Neo-Marxism
- Neo-Marxian economics
- New Left Review
- Open Marxism
- Poststructuralism
- Rethinking Marxism
- Specters of Marx