In Defense of History : Marxism and the Postmodern Agenda

Contents: I. Introduction: What is the "postmodern" agenda?/Ellen Meiksins Wood. II. Postmodernism and intellectuals: 1. Where do postmodernists come from?/Terry Eagleton. 2. Language, history, and class struggle/David McNally. 3. The politics of cultural studies/Francis Mulhern. 4. Culture, nationalism, and the role of intellectuals/Aijaz Ahmad. 5. Old positions/new necessities: history, class, and Marxist metanarrative/Bryan D. Palmer. 6. Against social De(con)struction of science: cautionary tales from the third world/Meera Nanda. III. Postmodernism and movements: 1. Issues of class and culture/Aijaz Ahmad. 2. The mirror of race: postmodernism and the celebration of difference/Kenan Malik. 3. Postmodernism, feminism, and Marx: notes from the Abyss/Carol A. Stabile. 4. Marx and the environment/John Bellamy Foster. 5. Northern intellectuals and the EZLN/Daniel Nugent. 6. Five theses on actually existing Marxism/Fredric Jameson. IV. Afterword: 1. In defense of history/John Bellamy Foster.