The Dematerialisation of Karl Marx by Leonard Jackson

The Dematerialisation of Karl Marx by Leonard Jackson

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Summary

Divided into three main parts (the politics of literary criticism, the foundations of Marxist theory, and Marxist theory and literature), this work covers topics such as class consciousness and ideology, literary criticism as political reaction, and the mental basis of reality.

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The Dematerialisation of Karl Marx by Leonard Jackson

This volume constitutes both an attack on modern left wing literary theory - the main product of the last Marxist renaissance in the past thirty years - and a defence of the one element of Marxism which, in the general collapse, modern theorists have been happiest to lose, its economic materialism. It traces Marxist theory from its beginnings in Hegelian idealism to its end in Althusser's structuralism, and concludes that while Marxist economics will not work, and the type of revolution prophesied was fantasy, the principle of historical materialism remains intact and defensible. This will be a key text in literary and cultural studies as well as being of interest to students on philosophy and sociology courses.
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ISBN 13 9780582066557
ISBN 10 0582066557
Title The Dematerialisation of Karl Marx
Author Leonard Jackson
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published 1994-09-05
Number of pages 322
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