In this new book Alex Callinicos seeks to address the question of situatingsocial critique after the marginalization of Marxism and the impact ofpostmodernism. ... » 

In this new book Alex Callinicos seeks to address the question of situatingsocial critique after the marginalization of Marxism and the impact ofpostmodernism. He does so by surveying the some of the most influentialcontemporary critical theorists who include Alain Badiou Pierre BourdieuJrgen Habermas Antonio Negri and Slavoj iek. «