Michele Barrett is a leading writer in the field of sociology and has written many successful works including Women's Oppression Today, The Politics of Diversity and Ideology: A Cultural Production. She is Professor of Modern Literary and Cultural Theory at Queen Mary & Westfield College, London.

'In this timely book, Michele Barrett dissects the uses and abuses of the concept of ideology with exemplary lucidity and precision. By doing so, she opens the way to a vital reassessment of subjectivity and humanist values, a critical move in the development of a post-Marxist politics.' Jeffrey Weeks, Bristol Polytechnic 'The Politics of Truth is an engaging and at times impassioned read, and Barrett is to be commended for her remarkable lucidity in communicating some pretty obscure formulations and debates.' Sociology'Barrett's book is indispensable for all those interested not only in the current problems surrounding Marxism, but also in ways of dealing with them.' Women in Philosophy Newsletter'An essential contribution to current debates in a field with central significance for the future of social theory.' Theory, Culture and Society

• Preface and AcknowledgementsPart I: Classical Marxism and Theories of Ideology1. Marx: Inheriting Contradictions2. Ideology: Critique or Description?3. Problems of Science and DeterminismPart II: Collapse of the Marxist Model4. Ideology, Politics, Hegemony: From Gramsci to Laclau and Mouffe5. Subjectivity, Humanism, Psychoanalysis: Beyond Althusser's LacanPart III: The Politics of Truth6. History, Discourse, 'Truth' and Power: Foucault's Critique of Ideology7. Conclusion: Post-Marxism and the Concept of IdeologyIndex

Michele Barrett is a leading writer in the field of sociology and has written many successful works including Women's Oppression Today, The Politics of Diversity and Ideology: A Cultural Production. She is Professor of Modern Literary and Cultural Theory at Queen Mary & Westfield College, London.

'In this timely book, Michele Barrett dissects the uses and abuses of the concept of ideology with exemplary lucidity and precision. By doing so, she opens the way to a vital reassessment of subjectivity and humanist values, a critical move in the development of a post-Marxist politics.' Jeffrey Weeks, Bristol Polytechnic 'The Politics of Truth is an engaging and at times impassioned read, and Barrett is to be commended for her remarkable lucidity in communicating some pretty obscure formulations and debates.' Sociology'Barrett's book is indispensable for all those interested not only in the current problems surrounding Marxism, but also in ways of dealing with them.' Women in Philosophy Newsletter'An essential contribution to current debates in a field with central significance for the future of social theory.' Theory, Culture and Society

• Preface and AcknowledgementsPart I: Classical Marxism and Theories of Ideology1. Marx: Inheriting Contradictions2. Ideology: Critique or Description?3. Problems of Science and DeterminismPart II: Collapse of the Marxist Model4. Ideology, Politics, Hegemony: From Gramsci to Laclau and Mouffe5. Subjectivity, Humanism, Psychoanalysis: Beyond Althusser's LacanPart III: The Politics of Truth6. History, Discourse, 'Truth' and Power: Foucault's Critique of Ideology7. Conclusion: Post-Marxism and the Concept of IdeologyIndex

Michele Barrett is a leading writer in the field of sociology and has written many successful works including Women's Oppression Today, The Politics of Diversity and Ideology: A Cultural Production. She is Professor of Modern Literary and Cultural Theory at Queen Mary & Westfield College, London.

'In this timely book, Michele Barrett dissects the uses and abuses of the concept of ideology with exemplary lucidity and precision. By doing so, she opens the way to a vital reassessment of subjectivity and humanist values, a critical move in the development of a post-Marxist politics.' Jeffrey Weeks, Bristol Polytechnic 'The Politics of Truth is an engaging and at times impassioned read, and Barrett is to be commended for her remarkable lucidity in communicating some pretty obscure formulations and debates.' Sociology'Barrett's book is indispensable for all those interested not only in the current problems surrounding Marxism, but also in ways of dealing with them.' Women in Philosophy Newsletter'An essential contribution to current debates in a field with central significance for the future of social theory.' Theory, Culture and Society

• Preface and AcknowledgementsPart I: Classical Marxism and Theories of Ideology1. Marx: Inheriting Contradictions2. Ideology: Critique or Description?3. Problems of Science and DeterminismPart II: Collapse of the Marxist Model4. Ideology, Politics, Hegemony: From Gramsci to Laclau and Mouffe5. Subjectivity, Humanism, Psychoanalysis: Beyond Althusser's LacanPart III: The Politics of Truth6. History, Discourse, 'Truth' and Power: Foucault's Critique of Ideology7. Conclusion: Post-Marxism and the Concept of IdeologyIndex