Comprehensive history of the development of Marxist theory by major socialtheorist. In this succinct and panoramic workboth stimulating for thespecialist and ac... » 

Comprehensive history of the development of Marxist theory by major socialtheorist. In this succinct and panoramic workboth stimulating for thespecialist and accessible to the general readerone of the worlds leadingsocial theorists Goran Therborn tackles the question of the trajectory ofMarxism in the twentieth century and its legacy for radical thought in thetwentyfirst. Addressing the history of critical theory from the contemporaryvantagepoint characterized by postmodernism postMarxism and critiques ofEurocentrism Therborn probes how the recent theoretical currentsincludingthose of Slavoj Zizek Antonio Negri and Alain Badiouhave coped with thechanged intellectual as well as political and economic contexts. In the lightof these discussions Therborn then proceeds to a global investigation of theparameters of twentyfirst century politics. This will become the essentialappraisal of Marxism in the modern age. «