From Yugoslav praxis to global pathos : anti-hegemonic post-post-marxist essays
The author offers a critical intervention into what is now recognized as a largely post-Marxian, at times liberal and at times conservative, spirit of the day, an intervention marked by writing against the post-Marxist hegemonic mainstream.
xvi, 249 pages ; 24 cm.
9780742512245, 9780742512252, 074251224X, 0742512258
45958030
Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 The Practical Relevance of Practical Philosophy: Philosophers' Impact on History Chapter 3 Ideals and Reality Revisited: Praxis and Nationalism in Erstwhile Yugoslavia: A Tribute to Gajo Petrovic Chapter 4 Markovic's Language and the Spirit of Community Chapter 5 Global Injustices Chapter 6 Capitalism and Socialism as Ideals and the New World Order: An American Perspective Chapter 7 The Marxian Vision of a (Better) Possible Future: End of a Grand Illusion? Chapter 8 The Pathos of European Political Philosophy after Marxism Chapter 9 Rethinking Democracy in Light of the East European Experience Chapter 10 The Philosophy of Marx in the Wake of 1989: A New Appraisal Chapter 11 Rights in the Context of 'One World': From Wendell Willkie to the Present Chapter 12 Clarifying 'Civil Society' and Creating Space for Civil Societies: From the Struggle against Nation-State Despotisms to the Critique of Despotic Transnationalisms Chapter 13 Coca-Cola Culture and Other Cultures: Against Hegemony Chapter 14 Consumerist Cultural Hegemony within a Cosmopolitan Order - Why Not? Chapter 15 What Values Remain? Chapter 16 Habermas and the Marxian Tradition Chapter 17 The Globalization of Philosophy Chapter 18 Appendix: Review Essay