The Necessity of a Universal Project

In this excerpt from Ellen Meiksins Wood's In Defense of History, Wood appraises the state of postmodern thought in the late twentieth century. "Today's postmodernism," Wood writes, "for all of its apparently defeatist pessimism, is still rooted in the 'Golden Age of Capitalism.' It's time to leave that legacy behind and face today's realities."

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Monthly Review
Published
2025-03-01
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https://doi.org/10.14452/mr-076-10-2025-03_2
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Postmodernism in Literature and Education
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The Necessity of a Universal Project

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The Necessity of a Universal Project

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In this excerpt from Ellen Meiksins Wood's In Defense of History, Wood appraises the state of postmodern thought in the late twentieth century. "Today's postmodernism," Wood writes, "for all of its apparently defeatist pessimism, is still rooted in the 'Golden Age of Capitalism.' It's time to leave that legacy behind and face today's realities."

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