For Humanism: Explorations in Theory and Politics (Marxism and Culture) - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 0745336191 ISBN 13: 9780745336190

Verlag: Pluto Press, 2017

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'A major intervention into contemporary discussions about the resources of political hope, this volume insists upon the continuing indispensability and, indeed, radicalness of humanism as both a critical philosophy and a moral-political template' -- Neil Lazarus, Professor of English and Comparative Literary Studies, University of Warwick

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Today, anti-humanism is a dominant, even definitive, feature of contemporary theory. Setting out to challenge this tendency, editors David Alderson and Kevin Anderson argue that the political moment demands a reappraisal of the humanist tradition. Humanism, in all its diversity and complexity, may facilitate the renewal of progressive theory through the championing of human subjectivity, agency and freedom. Across four extended essays, David Alderson, Kevin Anderson, Barbara Epstein and Robert Spencer engage critically with the Marxist tradition, recent developments in poststructuralism, postcolonialism and queer theory. Incorporating an overview of the historical context that resulted in socialist humanism's eclipse in the 1950s and '60s, and a strident critique of anti-humanism, For Humanism offers a coherent and compelling argument for the rehabilitation of a much maligned tradition.

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• Verlag: Pluto Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0745336191
• ISBN 13: 9780745336190
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 240
• Herausgeber: Alderson David, Spencer Robert