مارکسیسم بد: سرمایه‌داری و مطالعات فرهنگی

Cultural Studies commonly claims to be a radical discipline. This book thinks that's a bad assessment. Cultural theorists love to toy with Marx, but critical thinking seems to fall into obvious traps. After an introduction which explains why the 'Marxism' of the academy is unrecognisable and largely unrecognised in anti-capitalist struggles, Bad Marxism provides detailed analyses of Cultural Studies' cherished moves by holding fieldwork, archives, empires, hybrids and exchange up against the practical criticism of anti-capitalism. Engaging with the work of key thinkers: Jacques Derrida, James Clifford, Gayatri Spivak, Georges Bataille, Homi Bhabha, Michael Hardt and Toni Negri, Hutnyk concludes by advocating an open Marxism that is both pro-party and pro-critique, while being neither dogmatic, nor dull. 'Hutnyk packs more dynamite in his sentences than any other writer I know.' Amitava Kumar, Penn State University Cultural Studies commonly claims to be a radical discipline. This book thinks that's a bad assessment. Cultural theorists love to toy with Marx, but critical thinking seems to fall into obvious traps. After an introduction which explains why the 'Marxism' of the academy is unrecognisable and largely unrecognised in anti-capitalist struggles, Bad Marxism provides detailed analyses of Cultural Studies' cherished moves by holding fieldwork, archives, empires, hybrids and exchange up against the practical criticism of anti-capitalism. Engaging with the work of key thinkers: Jacques Derrida, James Clifford, Gayatri Spivak, Georges Bataille, Homi Bhabha, Michael Hardt and Toni Negri, Hutnyk concludes by advocating an open Marxism that is both pro-party and pro-critique, while being neither dogmatic, nor dull Contents......Page 6 Acknowledgements......Page 8 Introduction: Cultural Studies as Capitalism......Page 10 Part 1 Clifford's Ethnographica......Page 26 1. Clifford and Malinowski......Page 28 2. Fort Ross Mystifications......Page 44 Part 2 derrida@marx.archive......Page 64 3. Fever......Page 66 4. Spectres......Page 87 5. Struggles......Page 105 Part 3 Tales from the Raj......Page 122 6. On Empire......Page 124 7. Difference and Opposition......Page 137 8. The Chapatti Story......Page 148 Part 4 Bataille's Wars: Surrealism, Marxism, Fascism......Page 162 9. Librarian......Page 164 10. Activist......Page 172 11. Anthropologist......Page 179 12. Provocateur......Page 186 Conclusion: The Cultivation of Capital Studies......Page 192 Notes......Page 217 References......Page 240 Index......Page 252 After an introduction which explains why the 'Marxism' of the academy is largely unrecognised in anti-capitalist struggles, this work provides detailed analyses of Cultural Studies' moves by holding fieldwork, archives, empires, hybrids and exchange up against the practical criticism of anti-capitalism John Hutnyk. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 231-241) And Index.