Geoff Boucher Knihy

Geoff Boucher rigorously critiques contemporary philosophical idealism, particularly focusing on the relativist implications of 'postmarxism' as articulated by theorists like Laclau, Mouffe, Butler, and Žižek. Through close readings and critical analysis, he connects their ideas to unresolved issues in modern philosophy. Boucher's work highlights the challenges posed by ideological discourse and suggests that 'intersubjectivity' could provide a pathway out of the constraints imposed by postmarxist theory.

Dismissed as a miserable elitist who condemned popular culture in the name of 'high art', Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969) is one of the most provocative and important yet least understood of contemporary thinkers. This book challenges this popular image and re-examines Adorno as a utopian philosopher who believed authentic art could save the world. Adorno Reframed is not only a comprehensive introduction to the reader coming to Adorno for the first time, but also an important re-evaluation of this founder of the Frankfurt School. Using a wealth of concrete illustrations from popular culture, Geoffrey Boucher recasts Adorno as a revolutionary whose subversive irony and profoundly historical aesthetics defended the integrity of the individual against social totality.

This book provides an accessible introduction to the key concepts of Marxist politics and social theory, the successive waves of change within Marxist theory and a comprehensive account of Marxism as an intellectual system.