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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Connexions LibraryAbsent Minds: Intellectuals in Britain Collini, Stefan Book 2006 An argument against what Collini calls the 'declinist thesis', the belief that contemporary intellectual life is getting increasingly dumbed down and stagnant. Declinists, Collini suggests, are in den... Against Post-Modernism: A Marxist Critique  Callinocos, Alex Book 1982 Callinocos argues that the relativism preached by post-modernists leaves us with no objective criteria by which to reject those who would falsify the past. An Annotated Bibliography of Nonsense Malik, Kenan Article 1998 Academic critics today not only question the impact of science upon society, but they also question the very idea of scientific rationality. Bad Marxism: Capitalism and Cultural Studies Hutnyk, John Book 2004 Cultural Studies commonly claims to be a radical discipline. This book thinks that's a bad assessment. After an introduction critiquing the so-called 'Marxism' of the academy, Hutnyk provides detailed... Chomsky on Post-Modernism Chomsky, Noam Article 1995 What I find in the writings of the post-modernists is extremely pretentious, but on examination, a lot of it is simply illiterate, based on extraordinary misreading of texts that I know well (sometime... Culture of Complaint: The Fraying of America Hughes, Robert Book 1993 Propaganda-talk, euphemism, and evasion are so much a part of American usage today that they cross all party lines and ideological divides. The art of not answering the question, of cloaking unpleasan... Descent into Discourse: The Reification of Language and the Writing of Social History Palmer, Brian Book 1990 Critique of postmodernist and poststructuralist approaches in history. Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science Sokal, Alan; Bricmont, Jean Book 1997 The authors criticize postmodernism in academia for its misuses of scientific and mathematical concepts in postmodern writing. Fashionable Nonsense examines two related topics: (1) The incompetent and... Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and its Quarrels with Science Gross, Paul; Levitt, Norman Book 1994 Describes attacks on science, and on concepts of truth and rationality, in areas of the humanities. The Illusions of Postmodernism Eagleton, Terry Book 1996 Eagleton explores the origins and emergence of postmodernism, revealing its ambivalences and contradictions. His primary concern is less with the more intricate formulations of postmodern philosophy t... Logics of Disintegration: Post-Structuralist Thought and the Claims of Critical Theory Dews, Peter Book 1987 Essays summarizing and critiquing post-structuralism. According to Dews, for all its posture of radicality, post-structuralist thought is itself bound to certain vulnerable assumptions. Dews argues th... Marxism and "Subaltern Studies" Usmani, Adaner Article 2013 A review of Vivek Chibber's book Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital. Multiculturalism or World Culture?: On a "Left"-Wing Response to Contemporary Social Breakdown Goldner, Loren Article 1991 Post-modernists are profoundly bored by any questions of economics and technology which cannot be connected to cultural differences. The implicit agenda of the multiculturalists is to present the valu... Nothing Mat(t)ers: A Feminist Critique of Postmodernism Brodribb, Somer Book 1992 An explanation of the foundation of recent post-modern theory which also criticises the misogynist and patriarchal work of Jacques Lacan, Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida, Jean Baudrillard and Jean-Fr... On Describing the Other Malik, Kenan Article 2012 My criticism is not primarily about Judith Butler’s style; it is principally about the substance of her arguments and, more broadly, of poststructuralist arguments. I am not opposed to ‘difficult’ wri... Ontological "Difference" and the Neo-Liberal War on the Social: Deconstruction and Deindustrialization Goldner, Loren Article 2001 We have today legions of people with a smattering of knowledge turning out reams of books filled with buzz words that could be (and have been) produced by a computer program, and could be (and are) pi... The Origins of Post-Modernity Anderson, Perry Book Perry Anderson's book outlines the cultural changes that have accompanied the victory of global capitalism. Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital Chibber, Vivek Book 2013 Against the thesis that Western subalterns are made of different stuff, Chibber argues that human beings are, at their core, not that different across contexts. The winds of history and culture may ch... Postcolonial Thought's Blind Alley Chibber, Vivek Article 2014 Throughout the 20th century, the anchor for anti-colonial movements was, at least for the left, a belief that oppression was wrong wherever it was practised, because it was an affront to basic human n... Postmodern Disrobed: Review of Intellectual Impostures Dawkins, Richard Article 1998 An admirable job of exposing the daffy absurdity of postmodernism intellectuals. Postmodernism and the Left Epstein, Barbara Article 1997 Barabara Epstein provides an overview of the approach and subculture of postmodernism and how they relate to, or conflict with, leftwing ideas. Postmodernism Generator Bulhak, Andrew C. Website 2000 A computer program written by Andrew. C. Bulhak using the Dada Engine, a system for generating random text. Each time you click on the page, it generates a brand-new postmodernist essay, completely me... Postmodernism: Paralysed by postmodernism Kitching, Gavin Article 2008 A great deal of "theory" in the humanities and social sciences -- and not just postmodern theory -- involves the creating of a kind of conceptual landscape filled with curious kinds of abstract object... Postmodernism, the Academic Left, and the Crisis of Capitalism Rechtenwalk, Michael Article 2013 Over the past fifty years, postmodern theory — an umbrella term generally used to refer to such diverse theoretical movements and paradigms as post-structuralism, Lacanian psychoanalysis, deconstructi... Socialist Register 1995: Volume 31: Why Not Capitalism? Panitch, Leo (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1995 Transgressing the Boundaries: Toward a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity Sokal, Alan Article 1996 Alan Sokal submitted this parody of postmodernism, poststructuralist theory, deconstruction, and political moralism to the journal Social Text. The editors failed to spot the hoax and published it as ... The Trouble with Theory: The Educational Costs of Postmodernism Kitching, Gavin Book 2008 Postmodern theory has engaged the hearts and heads of the brightest students because of its apparent political and social radicalism. Yet Kitching writes: "At the heart of postmodernism is very poor, ... Vanguard of Retrogression: "Postmodern" Fictions as Ideology in the Era of Fictitious Capital Goldner, Loren Book 2001 When one probes the terms of the debate, what is truly amazing is that the ostensibly anti-Eurocentric multiculturalists are, without knowing it, purveying a remarkably Eurocentric version of what th... Where Do Postmodernists Come From? Eagleton, Terry Article 1995 Eagleton argues that left intellectuals have adopted postmodernism out of a sense of having been badly defeated, a belief that the left as a political tendency has little future. Culturalism, he argue... From the Connexions ArchivesBreak Their Haughty Power Goldner, Loren Website Articles on capitalism, socialism, and revolution, from a left-Marxist perspective.
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