The Politics of Truth

From Marx to Foucault
1. Auflage 1992
ISBN: 978-0-7456-0503-6
Verlag: Polity Press

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 149 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 287 g

The Politics of Truth: From Marx to Foucault

The concept of ideology - traditionally one of Marxism's most persuasive ideas - has recently been subjected to devastating criticism. Michele Barrett shows that Marx's own writings offer a confusing array of possible approaches to 'ideology', which the classical Marxist tradition consolidated as 'mystification that serves class interests'.

Barrett locates Gramsci and Althusser as key figures in the breakdown of the classical Marxist conception - Gramsci's work presaging the separation of class, politics and ideology found in Laclau and Mouffe, and Althusser's failing to deliver an adequate approach to subjectivity. Foucault - replacing Marxism's 'economics of untruth' with his own 'politics of truth' - is examined as an exemplar of post-structuralist critiques of ideology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Barrett, Michele

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and Acknowledgements

Part I: Classical Marxism and Theories of Ideology

1. Marx: Inheriting Contradictions

2. Ideology: Critique or Description?

3. Problems of Science and Determinism

Part II: Collapse of the Marxist Model

4. Ideology, Politics, Hegemony: From Gramsci to Laclau and Mouffe

5. Subjectivity, Humanism, Psychoanalysis: Beyond Althusser's Lacan

Part III: The Politics of Truth

6. History, Discourse, 'Truth' and Power: Foucault's Critique of Ideology

7. Conclusion: Post-Marxism and the Concept of Ideology

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Michele Barrett is a leading writer in the field of sociology and has written many successful works including Women's Oppression Today, The Politics of Diversity and Ideology: A Cultural Production. She is Professor of Modern Literary and Cultural Theory at Queen Mary & Westfield College, London.