Marx Through Post-Structuralism by Simon Choat - 9781441185082

Marx Through Post-StructuralismLyotard, Derrida, Foucault, Deleuze\nAuthor(s): Simon Choat\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation, United States\nImprint: Continuum Publishing Corporation\nISBN-13: 9781441185082, 978-1441185082\nSynopsis\nMarx Through Post-Structuralism presents a thorough critical examination of the readings of Marx given by four post-structuralist thinkers, all key figures in Continental philosophy: Jean-Franois Lyotard, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, and Gilles Deleuze. Arguing that both Marx and the post-structuralists seek to produce a genuinely materialist philosophy, the author aims to develop a better understanding of both Marx and post-structuralism and in so doing to reflect on the possibilities and problems for materialist philosophy more broadly. Against the common assumption that post-structuralism begins with a rejection of Marx, Choat argues that Marx has been a key influence on post-structuralist thought and that each of th.