Marxism after Modernity

ROSS ABBINNETT is Senior Lecturer in Social and Political Theory at the University of Birmingham, UK. He is the author of Truth and Social Science: From Hegel to Deconstruction and Culture and Identity: Critical Theories.

Introduction PART 1: IDEOLOGY, AESTHETICS AND MASS CULTURE Materialism and Ideology The Reification of Culture The Rise of Ludic Aestheticism Capitalism and the Hyperreal Ideology and Difference PART 2: CAPITALISM AND TECHNOLOGY Technology and Socialized Production The Origins of Technocracy: Heidegger and Marcuse Civilized Capitalist Machines: Deleuze and Negri The Ethics of Technological Effects: Derrida and Stiegler PART 3: GLOBALIZATION AND THE NEW INTERNATIONAL Colonialism and Imperialism World Markets and Global Transformations Biopolitical Production and the 'New Science of Democracy' Transeconomic Capitalism The Politics of Hospitality PART 4: MARXISM, POSTMODERNISM AND THE POLITICAL Marx and the Powers of Capital A Post-Ontological Marxism? The Protocols of Class Politics Conclusion Bibliography Index