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Marxism and Social Movements

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Publisher : BRILL

Page : 481 pages

File Size : 12,19 MB

Release : 2013-06-20

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 900425143X

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Marxism and Social Movements is the first sustained engagement between social movement theory and Marxist approaches to collective action. The chapters collected here, by leading figures in both fields, discuss the potential for a Marxist theory of social movements; explore the developmental processes and political tensions within movements; set the question in a long historical perspective; and analyse contemporary movements against neo-liberalism and austerity. Exploring struggles on six continents over 150 years, this collection shows the power of Marxist analysis in relation not only to class politics, labour movements and revolutions but also anti-colonial and anti-racist struggles, community activism and environmental justice, indigenous struggles and anti-austerity protest. It sets a new agenda both for Marxist theory and for movement research. Contributors include: Paul Blackledge, Marc Blecher, Patrick Bond,Chik Collins, Ralph Darlington, Neil Davidson, Ashwin Desai, Jeff Goodwin, Chris Hesketh, Gabriel Hetland, Elizabeth Humphrys, Christian Høgsbjerg, David McNally, Trevor Ngwane, Heike Schaumberg and Hira Singh.



Marx Matters

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Publisher : BRILL

Page : 378 pages

File Size : 22,68 MB

Release : 2022-01-17

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 9004504796

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In Marx Matters noted scholars explore the way a Marxian political economy addresses contemporary social problems, demonstrating the relevance of Marx today and outlining how his work can frame progressive programs for social change.



The Playing Self

Author : Alberto Melucci

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 200 pages

File Size : 11,77 MB

Release : 1996-07-13

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 9780521564823

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The Playing Self is a groundbreaking new work from influential cultural sociologist and clinical psychologist Alberto Melucci, best known for his work on social movements and collective identities. In this book, he delves deeper into questions about the self as both a psychological and socio-cultural entity, particularly in the context of a global society for which information has become a basic resource. His phenomenological approach accounts for the self both as a site of highly subjective and intimate experiences, such as crying, laughing and loving, and in relation to social structural dynamics, through more impersonal experiences, such as the experience of time, and links of the self to politics. Melucci explores the critical search for meaning at the boundary of visible collective processes and individual day-to-day experience.



Challenging Codes

Author : Alberto Melucci

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 468 pages

File Size : 22,45 MB

Release : 1996-09-12

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 9780521578431

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In Challenging Codes Melucci brings an original perspective to research on collective action which both emphasizes the role of culture and makes telling connections with the experience of the individual in postmodern society. The focus is on the role of information in an age which knows both fragmentation and globalisation, building on the analysis of collective action familiar from the author's Nomads of the Present. Melucci addresses a wide range of contemporary issues, including political conflict and change, feminism, ecology, identity politics, power and inequality.



Marxism, Social Movements and Collective Action

Author : Adrián Piva

Publisher : Springer Nature

Page : 325 pages

File Size : 25,96 MB

Release : 2022-12-13

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 303112474X

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This book makes a relevant contribution to a Marxist critical explanation of social conflicts, social movements and protests. There is abundant literature on social conflict and social movements from Marxist perspectives. However, rigorous criticism, both theoretical and methodological, is scarce. The objective of this volume is the collection of works developing a critical reflection on the categories of theories about contentious collective action and social movements from a Marxist perspective. In order to better understand these phenomena and go beyond their mere case description, the theory needs to be improved. To that end, the book also promotes the debate between Marxisms and the collective action and new social movements in a renewed way. Here different Marxist arguments consider not only their methodological and ideological bias, but also the specific conceptual contributions of those theories.



The Consequences of Social Movements

Author : Lorenzo Bosi

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 423 pages

File Size : 45,81 MB

Release : 2016-01-21

Category : History

ISBN : 1107116805

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A new study of the personal, political, and institutional impacts of social movements.



We Make Our Own History

Author : Laurence Cox

Publisher : Pluto Press

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 34,26 MB

Release : 2014-09-20

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 9780745334813

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We are living in the twilight of neoliberalism: the ruling classes can no longer rule as before, and ordinary people are no longer willing to be ruled in the old way. Pursued by global elites since the 1970s, neoliberalism is defined by dispossession and inequality. The refusal to continue to be ruled like this - "ya basta" - appears in an arc of resistance stretching from rural India to the cities of the global North. From this movement of movements, new visions emerge of a future beyond neoliberalism. We Make Our Own World responds to this experience. The first systematic Marxist analysis of social movements, it reclaims Marxism as the theory born from activist experience and practice. It shows how movements can develop from local conflicts to global struggles; how neoliberalism operates as collective action from above, and how popular struggles can create new worlds from below.



How Class Works

Author : Stanley Aronowitz

Publisher : Yale University Press

Page : 274 pages

File Size : 50,23 MB

Release : 2003-01-01

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 9780300105049

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Although Americans like to believe that they live in a classless society, Stanley Aronowitz demonstrates that class remains a potent force. Defining class as the power of social groups to make a difference, he explains that social groups such as labor movements, environmental activists, and feminists become classes when they make demands that change the course of history. “With How Class Works Aronowitz puts the subject of social class squarely on the intellectual agenda—though in a new, inclusive, and dynamic form. Like his influential False Promises, How Class Works is both intellectually exciting and morally challenging.”—Barbara Ehrenreich “In How Class Works Aronowitz argues for the enduring vitality of the concept of social class as a way of understanding social relations. This is a significant contribution to social theory, an argument certain to be widely considered, debated, and tested.”—George Lipsitz, author of American Studies in a Moment of Danger “An intellectually captivating book on a topic that remains as timely and significant as ever.”—Howard Kimeldorf, University of Michigan



Social Movements: The Key Concepts

Author : Graeme Chesters

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 344 pages

File Size : 22,62 MB

Release : 2010-10-04

Category : History

ISBN : 113689330X

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Social Movements: The Key Concepts provides an insightful, contemporary introduction to some of the frequently encountered terms and groups that are central to the study of collective action and social and political activism. Following an A-Z format, the entries defined and discussed are drawn from the following areas: the ‘old’ social movements of the nineteenth century the ‘new’ social movements of the 1960s and 1970s the rise of contemporary ‘network’ movements. Key American, European and global social movements are addressed, with each entry related to contemporary developments and emergent tendencies within the field. Including helpful references for further study, this concise and up-to-date guide is of relevance for those studying a range of disciplines, including sociology, politics, cultural studies and human geography.



The Roots of Radicalism

Author : Craig Calhoun

Publisher : University of Chicago Press

Page : 439 pages

File Size : 30,76 MB

Release : 2012-03-09

Category : History

ISBN : 0226090841

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This text reveals the importance of radicalism's links to pre-industrial culture and attachments to place and local communities, as well the ways in which journalists who had been pushed out of 'respectable' politics connected to artisans and other workers.