The Politics of Identity - Class, Culture, Social Movements

Stanley Aronowitz begins from the premise that culture is constitutive of class identities. In these essays, he demonstrates that economic identities are partially responsible for how, when, and where classes act in the social realm.

Table des matières

Preface, Introduction 1. The Decline and Rise of Working-Class Identity 2. Marx, Braverman and the Logic of Capital 3. On Intellectuals 4. Theory and Socialist Strategy 5. Working-Class Culture in the Electronic Age 6. The White Working-Class and the Transformation of American Politics 7. Why Work? 8. Postmodernism and Politics Index

A propos de l'auteur

Stanley Aronowitz is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Cultural Studies Program at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. He is an editor of the journal Social Text and the author of numerous books, including 1most recently False Promises.

Résumé

Stanley Aronowitz begins from the premise that culture is constitutive of class identities. In these essays, some new and some widely cited, he demonstrates that economic identities are partially responsible for how, when and where classes act in the social realm.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Stanley Aronowitz, Aronowitz Stanley
• Edition: Taylor and Francis
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 21.01.1992
• EAN: 9780415904377
• ISBN: 978-0-415-90437-7
• Pages: 298
• Poids: 408 g
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences sociales en général; History, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, ART / Popular Culture, Humanities, Gender studies: women and girls