Intellectuals and (counter-) politics : essays in historical realism / / Gavin Smith

• Autore: Smith Gavin A.
• Pubblicazione: New York ; ; Oxford, England : , : Berghahn, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (254 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.48; 303.48/4
• Soggetto topico: Intellectuals - Political activity; Ethnology - Political aspects; Social movements; Protest movements
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 proposing
• Titolo autorizzato: Intellectuals and (counter-) politics
• ISBN: 1-78533-347-X; 1-78238-301-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786538503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Dislocations ; ; Volume 12.