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Welcome to the Age of Insecurity

Sloterdijk defines cynicism as 'enlightened false consciousness'

Social Theory and the Crisis of Marxism keyword-1973-arab-israeli-war and assaults on democracy inIt is frequently asserted that Marxism as an intellectual tradition is in a state of crisis. The many defeats and disappointments suffered by socialist movements in the West, and the absence of a working model of a fully achieved socialist society, have prompted much self questioning. In recent times, various strands of 'post Marxist' thought have developed which surrender the ideological initiative to the radical right. This philosophical