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Book Synopsis1. This is a wide-ranging Marxist critique of the many forms of post-modernism.2. Callinicos argues that the phenomena identified as post-modernist are not significantly different from the phenomena of modernity as analysed by Marx and Freud. He produces a controversial critique of post-modernists such as Derrida, Lyotard and Baudrillard.3.
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Table of ContentsIntroduction.
1. The Jargon of Postmodernity.
2. Modernism and Capitalism.
3. The Aporias of Poststructuralism.
4. The Limits of Communicative Reason.
5. So What Else is New?.
Afterword.
Notes.
