Poststructuralism, Marxism, and neoliberalism : between theory and politics / Michael A. Peters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peters, Michael (Michael A.), 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poststructuralism--France.

Poststructuralism.

Philosophy, Marxist.

Capitalism.

France.

Physical Description:

ix, 159 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2001]

Summary:

This introduction to the politics of poststructuralism focuses on two interrelated themes: the culture of Western Marxism and contemporary neoliberal capitalism. Poststructuralism is not a form of anti-Marxism, Peters argues; indeed, poststructural philosophers view themselves in some kind of relationship to the legacy of Marx. Either they have been Marxist or still view themselves as Marxist. In a post-Marxist era they have invented new ways of reading and writing Marx. Peters critically engages neoliberalism, an ideology that is committed to the revitalization of homo economicus and neoclassical economics. This book is a deconstruction of neoliberalism, considered as a world-historical political project aimed at a form of globalisation.

Contents:

Introduction: The Politics of Poststructuralism 1

1 Poststructuralist Marxisms 25

2 Lyotard, Performativity, and the Problem of Capitalism 41

3 Derrida, Neoliberalism, and Democracy to Come 55

4 Foucault, Neoliberalism, and the Governance of Welfare 73

5 Deleuze's "Societies of Control": From Disciplinary Pedagogy to Perpetual Training in the Knowledge Economy 97

6 Neoliberalism, Individualism, and Global Futures 113.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-148) and index.

ISBN:

0742509869

0742509877

OCLC:

47200356