British Marxism and cultural studies : essays on a living tradition / [edited] by Philip Bounds and David Berry.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bounds, Philip, editor.

Berry, David, 1960- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Socialism and the arts--Great Britain.

Socialism and the arts.

Socialism and culture--Great Britain.

Socialism and culture.

Communism and art--Great Britain.

Communism and art.

Communism and culture--Great Britain.

Communism and culture.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

209 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey, UK ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2016]

Summary:

A comprehensive exploration of the profound influence of Marxist ideas on the development of Cultural Studies in Britain, this volume covers a century of Marxist writing, balancing synoptic accounts of the various schools of Marxist thought with detailed analyses of the most important writers. Arguing that a recognisably Marxist tradition of cultural analysis began in the last two decades of the nineteenth century and continues unbroken to the present day, British Marxism and Cultural Studies traces the links between contemporary developments in the field and the extended tradition of which they form a part. With discussion of figures such as Jack Lindsay, C.L.R. James, Julian Stallabrass and Mike Wayne, as well as the cultural thinking of the New Left, Gramscian, Althusserian and Political Economy schools, this book shows that the history of British cultural Marxism is broader and richer than many people realise. As such, it will be of interest to students and scholars of sociology, cultural studies, intellectual history and the history of the left. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Science, art and dissent: Jack Lindsay and the communist theory of culture / Philip Bounds Bounds, Philip 21

2 The New Left and the emergence of Cultural Studies / Alan O'Connor O'Connor, Alan 44

3 C.L.R. James: dialectics and the fate of the creative individual / David Berry Berry, David 65

4 From folk to jazz: Eric Hobsbawm, British communism and Cultural Studies / Philip Bounds Bounds, Philip 87

5 The Gramscian turn in British Cultural Studies: from the Birmingham School to cultural populism / Steve Jones Jones, Steve 106

6 Blind spots: re-reading Althusser and Lacan in Cultural Studies / Jason Barker Barker, Jason 132

7 Profit and power: British Marxists on the political economy of the media / Enda Brophy Brophy, Enda, Vincent Mosco Mosco, Vincent 153

8 Them and Us in contemporary Cultural Studies: Julian Stallabrass, Mike Wayne, Ben Watson / David Kenton Kenton, David 182.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781409454816

1409454819

OCLC:

922799505