Language English Pages 247 Originally published January 1986 Page count 247 Country United Kingdom | Media type Print (Paperback) ISBN 978-0586084540 Subject Western Marxism | |
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Western Marxism is a 1986 book about Western Marxism by Brazilian critic and sociologist José Guilherme Merquior.
Contents
Summary
Merquior criticizes anti-modernist and postmodernist strands of thought, which he calls Kulturkritik. On Merquior's account, Kulturkritik has two essential features: a moralistic hatred of modernity, specifically of bourgeois culture, and a systematic obscurantism, a denial of rational methods and criteria in the study of society.
Scholarly reception
Gregory R. Johnson calls Western Marxism one of Merquior's "minor classics."
References
Western Marxism (book) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA