Philip Goldstein 
Post-Marxist Theory 
An Introduction

Poststructuralist Marxism, or post-Marxism, is a theoretical viewpoint that elaborates and revises the work of Louis Althusser and Michel Foucault. Unlike traditional Marxism, which emphasizes the priority of class struggle and the common humanity of oppressed groups, post-Marxism reveals the sexual, racial, class, and ethnic divisions of modern Western society. This book surveys the different versions of post-Marxist theory: the economic theory of Stephen Resnick and Richard Wolff, the historical methodology of Michel Foucault, the political theory of Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe, the feminism of Judith Butler, the materialist philosophy of Pierre Macherey, and the cultural studies of Tony Bennett and John Frow. Providing a coherent framework for these otherwise quite divergent theorists, Philip Goldstein outlines the history of Marxist philosophical or theoretical views and explains how they all count as post-Marxist.

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Acknowledgments

Introduction: From Marx to Post-Marxism

1. Economics and Theory: Althusserian Post-Marxism

2. From Archaeology to Genealogy: Michel Foucault and Post-Marxist Histories

3. Post-Marxism and Democracy: The Political Theory of Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe

4. Sex, Gender, and Philosophy: The Feminist Post-Marxism of Judith Butler

5. From Althusserian Science to Foucauldian Materialism: The Later Work of Pierre Macherey

6. Post-Marxism and Cultural Studies: The Reception Theory of Tony Bennett and John Frow

Conclusion

Notes

Works Cited

Index

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Philip Goldstein is Professor of English at the University of Delaware and the author of
Communities of Cultural Value: Reception Study, Political Differences, and Literary History and
The Politics of Literary Theory: An Introduction to Marxist Criticism.