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Frontmatter
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Dick Howard
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Introduction: Why Should We, and How Should We, Reclaim Marx? vii
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Part 1. Marxism and the Intellectuals
- 1.Marxism in the Postcommunist orWld 3
- 2.Can French Intellectuals Escape Marxism 24
- 3.The Frankfurt School and the Transformation of Critical Theory into Cultural Theory 39
- 4.Habermas’ s Reorientation of Critical Theory Toward Democratic Theory 51
- 5.The Anticommunist Marxism of Socialisme ou Barbarie 63
- 6.Claude Lefort’s Passage from Revolutionary Theory to Political Theory 71
- 7.From Marx to Castoriadis, and from Castoriadis 83
- 8.From the Critique of Totalitarianism to the Politics of Democracy 99
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Part 2. Republican Democracy or Democratic Republics
- 9.The Burden of French History 139
- 10.Intersecting Trajectories of Republicanism in France and the United States 173
- 11. Reading U.S. History as Political 197
- 12.Fundamentalism and the American Exception 220
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Part 3. Back to Marx?
- 13.Philosophy by Other Means 239
- Notes 289
- Index 335
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Introduction: Why Should We, and How Should We, Reclaim Marx? vii
-
Part 1. Marxism and the Intellectuals
- 1.Marxism in the Postcommunist orWld 3
- 2.Can French Intellectuals Escape Marxism 24
- 3.The Frankfurt School and the Transformation of Critical Theory into Cultural Theory 39
- 4.Habermas’ s Reorientation of Critical Theory Toward Democratic Theory 51
- 5.The Anticommunist Marxism of Socialisme ou Barbarie 63
- 6.Claude Lefort’s Passage from Revolutionary Theory to Political Theory 71
- 7.From Marx to Castoriadis, and from Castoriadis 83
- 8.From the Critique of Totalitarianism to the Politics of Democracy 99
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Part 2. Republican Democracy or Democratic Republics
- 9.The Burden of French History 139
- 10.Intersecting Trajectories of Republicanism in France and the United States 173
- 11. Reading U.S. History as Political 197
- 12.Fundamentalism and the American Exception 220
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Part 3. Back to Marx?
- 13.Philosophy by Other Means 239
- Notes 289
- Index 335