TY - BOOK AU - Abbinnett,Ross TI - Marxism after modernity: Politics, technology and social transformation SN - 9781403941244 (cloth) U1 - 335.4 PY - 2006/// CY - Basingstoke [England], New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Communism and society KW - Postmodernism KW - Marx, Karl, -- 1818-1883 N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-223) and index; Introduction PART 1: IDEOLOGY, AESTHETICS AND MASS CULTURE Materialism and Ideology The Reification of Culture The Rise of Ludic Aestheticism Capitalism and the Hyperreal Ideology and Difference PART 2: CAPITALISM AND TECHNOLOGY Technology and Socialized Production The Origins of Technocracy: Heidegger and Marcuse Civilized Capitalist Machines: Deleuze and Negri The Ethics of Technological Effects: Derrida and Stiegler PART 3: GLOBALIZATION AND THE NEW INTERNATIONAL Colonialism and Imperialism World Markets and Global Transformations Biopolitical Production and the 'New Science of Democracy' Transeconomic Capitalism The Politics of Hospitality PART 4: MARXISM, POSTMODERNISM AND THE POLITICAL Marx and the Powers of Capital A Post-Ontological Marxism? The Protocols of Class Politics Conclusion Bibliography Index ER -