Class Matrix - Social Theory After the Cultural Turn

Informationen zum Autor Vivek Chibber is Professor of Sociology at New York University and the author of Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital and Locked in Place: State-Building and Late Industrialization in India . He is a contributor to the Socialist Register , American Journal of Sociology , Boston Review , and New Left Review . Klappentext Does class determine economic options, or is class in our heads-a matter of interpreting symbols and meanings? Cultural theorists have made the second claim, sidelining materialism. Now, amid deepening inequality, Vivek Chibber defends materialist analysis of class power, while arguing that we still have something to learn from cultural frameworks. Zusammenfassung Does class determine economic options, or is class in our heads—a matter of interpreting symbols and meanings? Cultural theorists have made the second claim, sidelining materialism. Now, amid deepening inequality, Vivek Chibber defends materialist analysis of class power, while arguing that we still have something to learn from cultural frameworks.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Vivek Chibber
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.08.2024
• EAN: 9780674297296
• ISBN: 978-0-674-29729-6
• Pagine: 216
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Social Theory, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Economic systems and structures, Economic systems & structures, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies