书目名称 | Reimagining Class in Australia | 副标题 | Marxism, Populism an | 编辑 | Henry Paternoster | 视频video | | 概述 | Offers a new critique and appraisal of the successes and failures of Marxist class analysis of Australia during the 1980s.Considers how contemporary Australian society can be understood from a histori | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | This book re-evaluates New Left and Marxist texts from the 1980s, in order to explore problems facing the study of ‘class’ which have emerged within Australian and international theories. The author contrasts the popular ideas of Connell, Bourdieu and the ‘Death of Class’ thesis, with those of lesser known texts, concluding that no single definition can account for the various historical meanings of class. Instead, loosely following Castoriadis, the concept of class can best be understood as creatively imagined and institutionalised. Paternoster proposes that class is best studied through historical phenomenology, which can be used to link political economy, cultural sociology and anthropological ethnographies. This approach allows the contributions of Marxist and New Left authors to be reintegrated with contemporary theories. Doing so highlights the significance of labour populism, while cautioning against the ahistorical applications of texts such as Bourdieu’s .Distinction... .Reimagining Class in Australia. will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines, including sociology, history, political economy and anthropology.. | 出版日期 | Book 2017 | 关键词 | Class analysis; Connell; Irving; 1980‘s; Australian social history; 1970‘s; Marxism; Populism | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55450-1 | isbn_softcover | 978-3-319-85665-0 | isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-55450-1 | copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 |
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