The politics of the Precariat. From populism to Lulista hegemony / Ruy Braga.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Braga, Ruy.

Series:

Historical Materialism Book Series 164.

Historical Materialism Book Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fordism.

Marxian school of sociology.

Brazil--Social conditions.

Brazil.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Koninklijke Brill NV, 2017.

Summary:

Making use of the theoretical tools of Marxist critical sociology, Ruy Braga proposes an innovative reading of the social history of Brazil – from Fordist populism to the Lulista hegemony – using the ‘politics of the precariat’ as an analytical vector. Braga’s analysis seeks to explain both economic and structural processes (peripheral Fordism, its crisis, the transition to financialised post-Fordism) and the subjective dimension of the proletariat suffering from precarity (the anxiety of the subordinate, the preoccupation of the worker, the plebeian or classist drive of the exploited). At the moment when the plebeian drive is once again stimulating strike activity in the country, underlined by the protests that have recently shaken Brazil, this book impels us to reflect on the limits of the current model of Brazilian development. First published in Portugese as A política do precariado: do populismo à hegemonia lulista by Boitempo Editorial in 2012.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright Page

Dedication

Motto

Preface

Introduction

The Formation of the Reversal

The Spectre of the People

The Fatalism of the Weak

The Transformation of Hegemony in Reverse

The Smile of the Exploited

The Anguish of the Subalterns

‘Let’s Play That?’

Interventions

Back Matter

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

90-04-27763-3

OCLC:

967849172

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004277632 DOI