Dialectics and Deconstruction in Political Economy

In this original study, Robert Albritton offers an authoritative reassessment of Marxist political economy. Original reinterpretations of Hegel, Weber, Althusser, Derrida, and Adorno cast new light on heated battles between Hegelian dialectics and deconstructivist criticism. Drawing upon insights from philosophy, sociology, political science, and critical theory, the book illuminates the theories of dialectics and deconstruction. Albritton finds a non-essentialist way of using the immense cognitive power of dialectics by accepting a limited deconstruction but challenging further deconstructionist directions-a major breakthrough for political economy.

Robert Albritton teaches Political Science at York University, Ontario.