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Warren Breckman

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Description:MarxismOCOs collapse in the twentieth century profoundly altered the style and substance of Western European radical thought. To build a more robust form of democratic theory and action, prominent theorists moved to reject revolution, abandon class for more fragmented models of social action, and elevate the political over the social. Acknowledging the constructedness of society and politics, they chose the ?symbolicOCO as a concept powerful enough to reinvent leftist thought outside of a Marxist framework. Following Maurice Merleau-PontyOCOs Adventures of the Dialectic, which reassessed philosophical Marxism at mid-century, Warren Breckman critically revisits these thrilling experiments in the aftermath of Marxism. The postmarxist idea of the symbolic is dynamic and complex, uncannily echoing the early German Romantics, who first advanced a modern conception of symbolism and the symbolic. Hegel and Marx denounced the Romantics for their otherworldly and nebulous posture, yet postmarxist thinkers appreciated the rich potential of the ambiguities and paradoxes the Romantics first recognized. Mapping different ideas of the symbolic among contemporary French thinkers, Breckman traces a fascinating reflection of Romantic themes and resonances, and he explores in depth the effort to reconcile a radical and democratic political agenda with a politics that does not privilege materialist understandings of the social. Engaging with the work of Claude Levi-Strauss, Cornelius Castoriadis, Claude Lefort, Marcel Gauchet, Ernesto Laclau, Chantal Mouffe, and Slavoj centsiYek, Breckman uniquely situates these important theorists within two hundred years of European thought and extends their profound relevance to todayOCOs political activism."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Adventures of the Symbolic: Post-Marxism and Radical Democracy. To get started finding Adventures of the Symbolic: Post-Marxism and Radical Democracy, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: MarxismOCOs collapse in the twentieth century profoundly altered the style and substance of Western European radical thought. To build a more robust form of democratic theory and action, prominent theorists moved to reject revolution, abandon class for more fragmented models of social action, and elevate the political over the social. Acknowledging the constructedness of society and politics, they chose the ?symbolicOCO as a concept powerful enough to reinvent leftist thought outside of a Marxist framework. Following Maurice Merleau-PontyOCOs Adventures of the Dialectic, which reassessed philosophical Marxism at mid-century, Warren Breckman critically revisits these thrilling experiments in the aftermath of Marxism. The postmarxist idea of the symbolic is dynamic and complex, uncannily echoing the early German Romantics, who first advanced a modern conception of symbolism and the symbolic. Hegel and Marx denounced the Romantics for their otherworldly and nebulous posture, yet postmarxist thinkers appreciated the rich potential of the ambiguities and paradoxes the Romantics first recognized. Mapping different ideas of the symbolic among contemporary French thinkers, Breckman traces a fascinating reflection of Romantic themes and resonances, and he explores in depth the effort to reconcile a radical and democratic political agenda with a politics that does not privilege materialist understandings of the social. Engaging with the work of Claude Levi-Strauss, Cornelius Castoriadis, Claude Lefort, Marcel Gauchet, Ernesto Laclau, Chantal Mouffe, and Slavoj centsiYek, Breckman uniquely situates these important theorists within two hundred years of European thought and extends their profound relevance to todayOCOs political activism."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Adventures of the Symbolic: Post-Marxism and Radical Democracy. To get started finding Adventures of the Symbolic: Post-Marxism and Radical Democracy, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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