Theories of the New Class : intellectuals and power / / Lawrence Peter King and Iván Szelényi

• Autore: King Lawrence P
• Pubblicazione: Minneapolis : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 2004; ©2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxxiv, 268 pages)
• Disciplina: 335.4/11
• Soggetto topico: Communism and intellectuals; Power (Social sciences); Socialism
• Altri autori: SzelényiIván
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-261) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Introduction: Intellectuals and the End of History; 1. Proto-Theories of the New Class: Hegel, Saint-Simon, and Marx; 2. The Vanguard Project; 3. A Bureaucratic Class in Soviet-Type Society; 4. Beyond Bureaucratic Power: Humanistic Intellectuals and Technocrats under State Socialism; 5. The Fall of the Class Project of the Socialist Reform Intelligentsia; 6. Intellectuals under Postcommunism; 7. Bourgeois and Post-Marxist Theories of the New Class in the West; 8. The Neo-Marxist Response to Bourgeois Theories of the New Class; 9. The Limits of the New Class Project in the West; Conclusion: The ""Third Way"" as the Fourth Wave of New Class Projects?; Notes; Works Cited; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In Theories of the New Class, Iván Szelényi, one of the most incisive and respected analysts of the intellectual class, and Lawrence King put New Class theories into a broad historical framework for the first time. This book grounds class theories in contemporary issues, and uses modern polemics to revitalize historical debates on the origins of capitalism.
• Titolo autorizzato: Theories of the New Class
• ISBN: 0-8166-9591-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784108003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Contradictions (Minneapolis, Minn.) ; ; 20.