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Ethics and politics in contemporary theory : between critical theory and post-Marxism

Author: Mark Devenney
Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"The end of the Cold War and the subsequent critique of Communism as a viable political alternative to liberal democracies has led to an often uncritical acceptance of an emerging global capitalist order. In this book, Mark Devenney seeks an alternative perspective drawn from a synthesis of critical theory and post-Marxist theory while avoiding the reactionary fundamentalism that rejects altogether the possibility of  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Mark Devenney
ISBN: 0415237378 9780415237376
OCLC Number: 52728921
Description: viii, 193 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: The ends of Marx(ism)? --
Language, communication, performativity --
Performativity and politics: from Habermas to Laclau --
Politics, idealisation and performativity --
Quasi-transcendentalism and critical theory --
The politics of subjectivity --
Deliberative or radical democracy? the politics of performativity --
Post-structuralism and democratic theory --
Ethics and politics in discourse theory.
Responsibility: Mark Devenney.
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"The end of the Cold War and the subsequent critique of Communism as a viable political alternative to liberal democracies has led to an often uncritical acceptance of an emerging global capitalist order. In this book, Mark Devenney seeks an alternative perspective drawn from a synthesis of critical theory and post-Marxist theory while avoiding the reactionary fundamentalism that rejects altogether the possibility of building an enlightened, secular, social order." "Analysing the work of Ernesto Laclau and Jurgen Habermas - as representatives of different choices made in regard to theory, politics and morality - Ethics and Politics in Contemporary Theory develops a critical response to the contrasting conclusions of these approaches."--BOOK JACKET.

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