The Routledge Companion to Critical and Cultural Theory

Abstract

The history of the relationship between critical theory and Marxism has been an ambiguous one. On the one hand there have been those who have affirmed an axiomatic connection: i.e. Marxism as the critical theory of capitalist society. In this regard Marxism has tended to be viewed as a totalizing discourse under which all possible forms of social critique can be subsumed ('the problems of class, race, gender… all boil down to capitalist exploitation'). On the other hand, there are those who argue that critical theory represents an evolving (postmodern) intellectual tradition that, in rejecting all forms of naturalism and necessity, cannot be reconciled with Marxist thought and, moreover, renders the latter redundant. Both positions are equally entrenched. For Jacques Derrida-regarded by many as the philosophical architect of contemporary critical theory-the boundary between Marxism and critical theory is considerably overdrawn. Indeed he maintains that his own highly influential theory of deconstruction is something that already names a deep connection with Marxist openings: 'Deconstruction has never had any sense or interest, in my view at least, except as a radicalization…in a certain spirit of Marxism' (Derrida 1994: 92). Despite orthodox interpretation, Marxism has never comprised a unified position that simply needs to be explained in order to grasp its universal veracity and import. Marxism is as much a part of history as any other discourse and as such continues to

Reporting Strategies of Israeli Print Media: Jerusalem Post and Haaretz as a Case Study

“…Jakobson and Russian Formalists also had their influence on the study of narrative by unveiling how literary language differs from ordinary language (Pradl, 1984). Wake (2013) elicits that "[n]arratology, which has roots in structuralism and which draws much of its terminology from linguistic theory, is the study of the ways in which narratives function" (p. 23). If we refer to the classical view of Plato on narratology, we may be confined to the concepts of "Diegesis" (narrator speaking as himself) and "Mimesis" (narrator speaking as if he were one of the characters), which refrain from the interpretation of print media texts.…”