Marxism came to be seen as just another version of patriarchal, positivist science, or, at as just another modern enlightenment theory. The unhappy marriage of Marxism and feminism was followed by the debate between Radical Feminism, Postmodernism, and Critical Theory. How much sense we can make of the cacophony, even with the benefit of a half-century of historical hindsight, remains to be seen. Marxists seem less antagonistic toward feminists, and vice-versa, to a lesser extent. Postmodernism seems to have run its course. Yet radicals and liberals continue to argue among themselves, rather than focusing their attention on the conservatives, who are enjoying a resurgence fueled by the fall of the Soviet Union and the War on Terrorism. Perhaps we can begin with Marxist Sociology, in the hope of making some sense of what has happened to Sociological Theory in the U.S. since 1968.
Marxism came to be seen as just another version of patriarchal, positivist science, or, at as just another modern enlightenment theory. The unhappy marriage of Marxism and feminism was followed by the debate between Radical Feminism, Postmodernism, and Critical Theory. How much sense we can make of the cacophony, even with the benefit of a half-century of historical hindsight, remains to be seen. Marxists seem less antagonistic toward feminists, and vice-versa, to a lesser extent. Postmodernism seems to have run its course. Yet radicals and liberals continue to argue among themselves, rather than focusing their attention on the conservatives, who are enjoying a resurgence fueled by the fall of the Soviet Union and the War on Terrorism. Perhaps we can begin with Marxist Sociology, in the hope of making some sense of what has happened to Sociological Theory in the U.S. since 1968.
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