Anticapitalism and culture : radical theory and popular politics / Jeremy Gilbert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gilbert, Jeremy, 1971- author.

Series:

Culture machine series.

Culture machine series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anti-globalization movement.

Capitalism.

Globalization.

Liberalism.

Culture--Study and teaching.

Culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 261 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Anticapitalism and Culture

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2008.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

What does 'anticapitalism' really mean for the politics and culture of the twenty-first century?Anticapitalism is an idea which, despite going global, remains rooted in the local, persisting as a loose collection of grassroots movements and actions. Anticapitalism needs to develop a coherent and cohering philosophy, something which cultural theory and the intellectual legacy of the New Left can help to provide, notably through the work of key radical thinkers, such as Ernesto Laclau, Stuart Hall, Antonio Negri, Gilles Deleuze and Judith Butler. Anticapitalism and Culture argues that there is a strong relationship between the radical tradition of cultural studies and the new political movements which try to resist corporate globalization. Indeed, the two need each other: whilst theory can shape and direct the huge diversity of anticapitalist activism, the energy and sheer political engagement of the anticapitalist movement can breathe new life into cultural studies.

Contents:

A political history of cultural studies, part one: the post-war years

A political history of cultural studies, part two: the politics of defeat

Another world is possible: the anti-capitalist movement

(Anti) capitalism and culture

Ideas in action: rhizomatics, radical democracy and the power of the multitude

Mapping the territory: prospects for resistance in the neoliberal conjuncture

Beyond the activist imaginary: nomadic strategies for the new partisans

Conclusion

liberating the collective.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-254) and index.

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Print version:

ISBN:

9786612285950

9781003084655

1003084656

9781000189988

1000189988

9781000183351

1000183351

9781474212953

1474212956

9781282285958

1282285955

9781847884510

1847884512

OCLC:

422759721

Publisher Number:

10.26530/OAPEN_392115

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access