Western Marxism (book)
Cover of the first edition
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| Author | José Guilherme Merquior |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Western Marxism |
| Publisher | Paladin Books |
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Publication date
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1986 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 247 |
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Western Marxism is a 1986 book about Western Marxism by the Brazilian critic and sociologist José Guilherme Merquior.
Merquior criticizes anti-modernist and postmodernist strands of thought, which he calls Kulturkritik. On Merquior's account, Kulturkritik has two essential features: a moralistic hatred of modernity, specifically of bourgeois culture, and a systematic obscurantism, a denial of rational methods and criteria in the study of society.
Gregory R. Johnson calls Western Marxism one of Merquior's "minor classics."
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