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Critical Theory and Political Engagement - From May 1968 to the Arab Spring (Hardcover)
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Critical Theory and Political Engagement - From May 1968 to the Arab Spring (Hardcover)
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The 'moment' of May 1968 offered a vivid example of intellectual
engagement with radical politics, which dominated the late 1960s
and 1970s but arguably became passe thereafter with the emergence
of a depoliticised post-modernism and the seeming demise of Marxism
after the fall of Soviet Communism. However, more recently, there
has been a revival of interest in political engagement, with
actions such as the demonstrations against the Iraq War and the
Occupy movement. Pawling focuses on a number of key writers who
have made significant contributions to critical theory in what can
be called the 'spirit of '68', including Sartre, Derrida, Badiou,
Jameson and Said. These figures do not necessarily share the same
perspective on questions such as the role of the 'subject' and the
political relevance of art in cultural struggle; however, Pawling
concludes that they do share a key problematic: namely, how to
understand the dialectical relationship between the formal
imperatives of critical theory and its political conditions of
existence.
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