Economic Necessity, Political Contingency and the Limits of Post - Marxis

This book offers a new critique of post-Marxism, offering a careful reading of the works of influential thinkers, Ernesto Laclau and Étienne Balibar and discussing its relative successes and failures.

List of contents

1. Introduction: The Uneven Theoretical Development of Post-Althusserian Theory 2. The Tension of the Althusserian Mode of Production Problematic 3. The Tension Between Structure and Conjuncture: Étienne Balibar's Rethinking of the Mode of Production Problematic 4. From Mode of Production of Politics of Hegemonic Articulation: Breaks and Continuities in the Works of Ernesto Laclau 5. Marxism Without Essentialist Closures: The Overdetermioned Class Analytics of Steve Resnick, Richard Wolfe and AESA 6. Conclusion: Probematizing the Political vs. Economic Divide in the Post- Althusserian Field

About the author

Ceren Özselçuk is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute, Duke University.

Summary

This book offers a new critique of post-Marxism, offering a careful reading of the works of influential thinkers, Ernesto Laclau and Étienne Balibar and discussing its relative successes and failures.

Product details

• Authors: Ceren A-Zselauk, Ceren Oezselcuk, Ceren (Bogazici University Oezselcuk, Ceren Ozselcuk, Ceren (Bogazici University Ozselcuk, Ceren Özselçuk, Ceren Ozseltuk, Ceren Zsel Uk
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 05.01.2026
• EAN: 9780415608923
• ISBN: 978-0-415-60892-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: New Political Economy; New Political Economy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, Economic theory & philosophy, Economic theory and philosophy