For Humanism
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For Humanism

Explorations in Theory and Politics

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

For Humanism

Explorations in Theory and Politics

About this book

Today, anti-humanism is a dominant, even definitive, feature of contemporary theory. Setting out to challenge this tendency, editors David Alderson and Kevin Anderson argue that the political moment demands a reappraisal of the humanist tradition. Humanism, in all its diversity and complexity, may facilitate the renewal of progressive theory through the championing of human subjectivity, agency and freedom. Across four extended essays, David Alderson, Kevin Anderson, Barbara Epstein and Robert Spencer engage critically with the Marxist tradition, recent developments in poststructuralism, postcolonialism and queer theory. Incorporating an overview of the historical context that resulted in socialist humanism's eclipse in the 1950s and '60s, and a strident critique of anti-humanism, For Humanism offers a coherent and compelling argument for the rehabilitation of a much maligned tradition.

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Information

Publisher
Pluto Press
Year
2017
Print ISBN
9780745336145
eBook ISBN
9781786800220
Edition
1
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Philosophy History & Theory

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Series Preface
  6. Introduction: Humanism’s Other Story
  7. 1. The Rise, Decline and Possible Revival of Socialist Humanism
  8. 2. Marxist Humanism after Structuralism and Post-structuralism: The Case for Renewal
  9. 3. Postcolonialism is a Humanism
  10. 4. Queer Theory, Solidarity and Bodies Political
  11. Conclusion
  12. Index