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Marxism, Poststructuralism, and the Discourse of Economists

“…The criticism of the Marxist Feminists and other "Localists" as being essentialist can be found in Resnick and Wolff (1987, 43). The cooptation of the Localist position by Overdeterminists is attempted in the discussion of Foucault in Amariglio et al (1988). See also n. 15.…”

Toward a Gramscian critical rhetoric

“…Furthermore, in their discussion of overdetermination as an ensemble of articulatory practices, Amariglio, Resnick, and Wolff (1988) argue that alliances can be formed among oppressed communities to form a new, united historical bloc to counter the hegemony (p. 488).…”

Re-centering Class in Critical Theory

“…Their major influential works subsequent to the publication of Knowledge and Class were an explanation of their departure within the Marxian tradition from determinist readings of Marx and class analysis of a variety of economic issues like monopoly, economic efficiency, and income distribution; the extension of their framework to the household and family; a class analysis of the rise and fall of Soviet Russia; a class analysis of the transformations in China under the “Communist” government; the relationship between class, culture, and identity; an analysis of contemporary U.S. capitalism; and the latest economic crisis in capitalism (Resnick and Wolff 2006; Fraad, Resnick, and Wolff 1994; and Resnick and Wolff 2008; Resnick and Wolff 2002; Gabriel, Resnick, and Wolff 2011; Amariglio, Resnick, and Wolff 1988; Resnick and Wolff 2003; and Resnick and Wolff 2010, respectively). Through all these times, they had continued to emphasize their distinct approach to Marxian theory, theoretical differences within economics and in radical theories, their commitment to overdetermination, and the importance and distinctiveness of their notion of class.…”