Global Capital, Postmodern/Poststructural Deconstruction and Social Change: a Marxist Critique 1 Global Capital, Postmodern/Poststructural Deconstruction and Social Change: a Marxist Critique*

ABSTRACT In this paper I begin by taking a brief glimpse at the current state of global capitalism. I then look at attempts in Britain and the United States to argue the case, within educational theory, that postmodernism and poststructuralism can be forces for social change and social justice. Concentrating on some of the work of Elizabeth Atkinson, Patti Lather and Judith Baxter, I argue that such claims are illusory. I make the case that Marxism remains the only viable option in the pursuit of social change and social justic