ABSTRACT
Current debates on post-marxism have centred around the works of Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe.1 The sharp antagonism between different positions has not made the platform of debate a very productive one. Here, I would like to shift the ground of analysis by confronting another round of debate, this time more productive, yet largely ignored: when marxist cultural studies declared war against postmodernism.2 My strategy here is to frame this debate within the terrain of post-marxism; conversely, it is only within the context of this debate that a wider postmarxist spectrum can be established and diverse politico-theoretical concerns specified.
