Description
Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1982. Aside from Jacques Derrida's own references to the possible articulation between deconstruction and Marxism, the relationship between the two has remained largely unexplored. In Marxism and Deconstruction, Michael Ryan examines that multifaceted relationship but not through a mere comparison of two distinct and inviolable entities. Instead, he looks at both with an eye to identifying their common elements and reweaving them into a new theory of political practice. To accomplish his task, Ryan undertakes a detailed comparison of deconstruction and Marxism, relating deconstruction to the dialectical tradition in philosophy and demonstrating how deconstruction can be used in the critique of ideology. He is a forceful critic of both the politics of deconstruction and the metaphysical aspect of Marxism (as seen from a deconstructionist perspective). Besides offering the first book-length study of Derrida in this context, Ryan makes the first methodic attempt by
Table of ContentsAbbreviations
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. Deconstruction: A Primer, A Critique, The Politics Of
Chapter 2. Marx and Derrida
Chapter 3. Deconstruction and Dialectics
Chapter 4. The Limits of Capital
Chapter 5. From Derrida to Habermas and Beyond, via Lacan
Chapter 6. The Metaphysics of Everyday Life
Chapter 7. Reason and Counterrevolution
Chapter 8. Marxism After Deconstruction
Chapter 9. Postleninist Marxism – Socialist Feminism and Autonomy
Notes
Index
