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Sociology of Postmarxism

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

AvRichard Howson

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Postmarxism is often depicted as a point of intersection for a set of inter-disciplinary theories that are in themselves complex and dense.Bringing the postmarxist theory of Ernesto Laclau into the field of political sociology through a close reading and analysis of postmarxism and its relationship to ‘the social’, A Sociology of Postmarxism develops key postmarxist arguments in an engaging and sociologically applicable way. Indeed, through a threefold method of analysis, Howson first unpacks the relationship between ‘the social’ and ‘the political’ by analysing key allied theories to show where the points of connection occur. This is then followed by an insightful analysis of the key features of postmarxist theory such as antagonism and the inevitability of social dislocation, the political importance of hegemony; and the empty signifier thesis and equivalence to show how such theory can be applied at a sociological level. Finally, through the use of sociological categories such as masculinities, migration and social capital, the foregoing theoretical analyses are synthesised to show the social nature of postmarxism and particularly in the context of aspiration and co-operation.This enlightening volume will appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as postdoctoral researchers who are interested in fields such as Political Sociology, Post Marxist Political Theory and Social Theory.

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Utgivningsdatum2019-12-10
Mått156 x 234 x 9 mm
Vikt453 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieRoutledge Advances in Sociology
Antal sidor160
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9780367866068

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Table of Contents_____________________________________________________________________________Chapter One: IntroductionWhy The Social?Why Postmarxism?Why Postmarxism and Social capital Chapter Two: From the Social to the PoliticalIntroductionThe Social in Historical MaterialismSetting out a Post- TerrainSociology and The Social in PostmarxismCounter-Positions of The SocialChapter Three: Classical Approaches to The SocialIntroductionThe Sociological project and the Emergence of PositivismKarl Marx: Logic to Contradiction to MediationEmile Durkheim: Moral Positivism and MediationMax Weber: From Rationality to Irrationality as Social MediationChapter Four: Establishing a Basis for PostmarxismIntroductionThe New PriorityThe Social as ‘Sedimentation’ and The Political as ‘Reactivation’Chapter Five: From Antagonism to EquivalenceIntroductionAntagonism as the Limit of Social Objectivity"You Can Only Free Somethings …": Hegemony and The PoliticalHegemony and the Constitution of EquivalenceChapter Six: Finding The Political in Social CapitalIntroductionWhat is Social Capital?Forms of Social CapitalSocial Capital and The PoliticalChapter Seven: Desert - Migration as Social DislocationIntroductionQuantity and Composition of Global MigrationMigration and (Post)IndustrialisationFoundational Approaches to MigrationDefinitional ProblematicsCausation TheoriesContinuation TheoriesPostmarxism and MigrationChapter Eight: Aspiration – Hegemonic Masculinity as EmptinessIntroductionGender Antagonism in the Modernity-Postmodernity Tens

The Sociology of Postmarxism is a pleasure to read, at least for this reader. It combines careful, concise and generic analysis of the relations of marxism, materialism and discourse with an opening up of specific avenues, such as, social capital, migration, and men and masculinities, to the insights of postmarxist approaches in sociology. In so doing, it delivers a profound critique and challenge to Sociology itself, both mainstream and critical, and its mystifications of "society".Jeff Hearn, Örebro University, Sweden; Hanken School of Economics, Finland; University of Huddersfield, UK