Postmodernism & socialism are incompatible as sets of ideas for the reason given - rejection of metanarratives. This is why PoMo made Marxism one of its first targets - saw it as naive modernism. (1 of many) https://twitter.com/jdietz224/status/940405336468611072 …
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It is a mistake to confuse being wrong (Marxism) with a philosophical commitment to there being no wrong or right (postmodernism). Molyneux is making this mistake.
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This is not to say that there is no connection between Marxism and postmodernism. They almost certainly answer the same psychological needs rooted the same moral foundations. PoMo can be seen to fill the gap left by the disillusionment with Marxism.
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Postmodernism remains anti-capitalist too & it draws on Marxist ideas to do so. Capitalism is also a simplistic modern structure in its understandings. It just doesn't offer any solutions & doesn't bother understanding economics or caring about working class people.
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It is tempting to conflate postmodernism with Marxism for two reasons. It makes a neat package of your enemies if you are right-wing. It saves having to understand postmodernism which is pretentious & pointless, whoever you are.
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I don't mean that people who conflate the two are necessarily being dishonest or even unconsciously using motivated reasoning. Postmodernism is difficult to understand and spending the time necessary to understand it is seldom worthwhile.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
It's a tough one, I know some Marxists who are clearly leftist but not post-modernist and mock them like I would, but I know post-modernists who seem to espouse a version of marxism including the economics, just switching round the grievance groups.
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You can't switch around the grievance groups and still be Marxist. It has to be about class. You can't believe in a metanarrative around economics & still be a postmodernist. They mostly just make anti-capitalist noises & lump it in with patriarchy and white supremacy.
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