Tony McKenna ist ein Philosoph und Journalist, dessen Arbeiten in zahlreichen Publikationen erschienen sind. Seine Schriften befassen sich mit kritischem Denken und sozio-politischen Analysen und erforschen oft komplexe philosophische Konzepte im Kontext gegenwärtiger Probleme. McKenna zielt darauf ab, die Leser dazu anzuregen, Machtstrukturen und gesellschaftliche Ideologien zu untersuchen. Sein Ansatz verbindet intellektuelle Tiefe mit journalistischer Zugänglichkeit und versucht, aufschlussreiche Perspektiven auf die Welt zu bieten, in der wir leben.
From the genesis of Islam as a social movement, to an account of Goya's art in the context of feudal absolutism and the Napoleonic wars, to The Da Vinci Code, and much more besides.
Marxism has provided the ideological impetus to liberation movements, radical struggles and revolutions across the world. But in the 20th century, the emancipatory and democratic power of its thought has often been distorted and overridden by various Stalinist dictatorships which claimed to be acting in its name. A similar undermining of freedom of thought has been accomplished at an intellectual level; various schools have transformed Marxist thought in line with some of the most fashionable but gentrified forms of contemporary philosophy, shifting the focus from the democratic power of the masses and their ability to challenge the capitalist order to concentrate on superstar thinkers and elite theories.The War Against Marxismtraces the war against Marxism which, paradoxically, has been conducted in the name of Marxism itself. As such it provides a fiery philosophical and polemical indictment of so-called 'Marxists' such as Adorno, Horkheimer, Althusser, Jameson, Eagleton, Mouffe, Laclau and Zizek and asks what can be done to stem this counterrevolution.