We Make Our Own History - Marxism and Social Movements in the Twilight of Neoliberalism

A rethinking of popular political movements, this book looks at new, emerging, mass visions and analyses their impact and potential in new ways.

List of contents

Preface: About This Book 1: 'The This-Worldliness of their Thought': Social Movements and Theory 2: 'History Does Nothing': The Primacy of Praxis in Movement Theorising 3: 'The Authors and the Actors of their Own Drama': A Marxist Theory of Social Movements 4: 'The Bourgeoisie, Historically, Has Played a Most Revolutionary Part': Social Movements from Above and Below in Historical Capitalism 5. 'The point is to change it': movements from below against neoliberalism Notes Index

About the author

Laurence Cox is Associate Professor in Sociology, National University of Ireland Maynooth. A long-time activist, he co-founded the social movement journal Interface and researches popular struggles for a better world. He is co-author of We Make Our Own History: Marxism, Social Movements and the Twilight of Neoliberalism (Pluto, 2014) and co-editor of Revolution in the Air?: 1968 in the Global North (Pluto, 2018). With Alf Gunvald Nilsen he edits the Pluto Press series Social Movements / Activist Research.
Alf Gunvald Nilsen is Professor of Sociology at University of Pretoria. He is the author of Citizenship in India's Bhil Heartland among other books.

Summary

A rethinking of popular political movements, this book looks at new, emerging, mass visions and analyses their impact and potential in new ways.

Product details

• Authors: Laurence Cox, Laurence/ Nilsen Cox, Cox Laurence, Alf Gunvald Nilsen, Alf Gunvald Nilsen, Nilsen Alf Gunvald
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.05.2015
• EAN: 9780745334820
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-3482-0
• No. of pages: 254
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Europe, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Forecasting, North America, India, Social issues & processes, Social and ethical issues, North America (USA and Canada), Political, socio-economic, cultural and strategic groupings, economic forecasting, Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies, Centrist democratic ideologies