02656nam 2200589 450 991080732950332120170817195248.01-78533-347-X1-78238-301-810.1515/9781782383017(CKB)3710000000128730(EBL)1375295(MiAaPQ)EBC1375295(DE-B1597)636196(DE-B1597)9781782383017(EXLCZ)99371000000012873020140626h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierIntellectuals and (counter-) politics essays in historical realism /Gavin SmithNew York ;Oxford, England :Berghahn,2014.©20141 online resource (254 p.)Dislocations ;Volume 12Description based upon print version of record.1-306-87439-4 1-78238-300-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Capital: Structural, Phenomenological, Financial; Chapter 2 - The Scales of Ethnography; Chapter 3 - Perspectives in Realist History; Chapter 4 - History's Absent Presence; Chapter 5 - History as Possibilities; Chapter 6 - Conditions of Possibility; Conclusion; References; Index Contemporary forms of capitalism and the state require close analytic attention to reveal the conditions of possibility for effective counter-politics. On the other hand the practice of collective politics needs to be studied through historical ethnography if we are to understand what might make people's actions effective. This book suggests a research agenda designed to maximize the political leverage of ordinary people faced with ever more remote states and technologies that make capitalism increasingly rapacious. Gavin Smith opens and closes this series of interlinked essays by proposingDislocations ;Volume 12.IntellectualsPolitical activityEthnologyPolitical aspectsSocial movementsProtest movementsIntellectualsPolitical activity.EthnologyPolitical aspects.Social movements.Protest movements.303.48303.48/4Smith Gavin A.882499MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807329503321Intellectuals and (counter-) politics4030059UNINA