Sociology Capitalism Critique

Author : Hartmut Rosa
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1781689334
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sociology, Capitalism, Critique written by Hartmut Rosa and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2015-05-26 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three radical perspectives on the critique of capitalism For years, the critique of capitalism was lost from public discourse; the very word “capitalism” sounded like a throwback to another era. Nothing could be further from the truth today. In this new intellectual atmosphere, Sociology, Capitalism, Critique is a contribution to the renewal of critical sociology, founded on an empirically grounded diagnosis of society’s ills. The authors, Germany’s leading critical sociologists—Klaus Dörre, Stephan Lessenich, and Hartmut Rosa—share a conviction that ours is a pivotal period of renewal, in which the collective endeavour of academics can amount to an act of intellectual resistance, working to prevent any regressive development that might return us to neoliberal domination. The authors discuss key issues, such as questions of accumulation and expropriation; discipline and freedom; and the powerful new concepts of activation and acceleration. Their politically committed sociology, which takes the side of the losers in the current crisis, places society’s future well-being at the centre of their research. Their collective approach to this project is a conscious effort to avoid co-optation in the institutional practices of the academy. These three differing but complementary perspectives serve as an insightful introduction to the contemporary themes of radical sociology in capitalism’s post-crisis phase.

Author : Johan Fornäs
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113591348X
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Capitalism written by Johan Fornäs and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-16 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the most complete, accurate and accessible presentation of Karl Marx’s theory of capitalism to date, Johan Fornäs presents a guide for anyone who wants to understand how today’s crisis-ridden society has emerged and is able to sustain and intensify its own deep inner contradictions. Capitalism clearly explains these contradictions, which are so relevant again today in the wake of the financial crisis. This clear and engaging guide explains capitalism for absolute beginners. Fornäs situates Marx’s ideas in context, remaining faithful to the concepts and structure of his work. This complete introduction to Marx’s economy critique covers all three volumes of Capital. It explores all the main aspects of Marx’s work – including his economic theory, his philosophical sophistication and his political critique – introducing the reader to Marx’s typical blend of sharp arguments, ruthless social reportage and utopian visions. This book will be of interest to students throughout the social sciences and humanities, including those studying sociology, social theory, economics, business studies, history, cultural studies, and politics.

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004300295
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Capitalism's Future written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-05-30 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Capitalism's Future: Alienation, Emancipation and Critique, sociologists, philosophers and cultural theorists critique economic and political dynamics of contemporary capitalism. An agenda for 21st century critical social theory emerges in conjoined critique of political economyand critique of political psychology.

Author : Dennis Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Chicago School written by Dennis Smith and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the Chicago School focusing on the social theory of sociologists including Parsons, Small and Janowitz.

Author : Klaus Dörre
Publisher : Campus Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3593508974
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Capitalism and Labor written by Klaus Dörre and published by Campus Verlag. This book was released on 2018-03-08 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Social theory has largely abandoned a focus on labor and with it its empirical foundation, while the sociology of work has neglected the production of theory more generally. It is for precisely this reason that Capitalism and labor has become a standard work on this subject. Labor and employment relations have become both increasingly diverse as well as less secure while, at the same time, labor and distributional struggles are being waged ever more fiercely. Adequately grasping these changes requires innovative impulses emerging from the analysis of capitalism, just as the sociology of work has a lot to contribute to the former. In this translated and updated edition the authors discuss current theoretical approachers in an attempt to once again conceive capitalism and labor together"--Back cover.

Author : Luc Boltanski
Publisher : Verso
ISBN 13 : 9781859845547
Total Pages : 664 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New Spirit of Capitalism written by Luc Boltanski and published by Verso. This book was released on 2005 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A century after the publication of Max Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the "Spirit" of Capitalism , a major new work examines network-based organization, employee autonomy and post-Fordist horizontal work structures.

Author : Johan Fornäs
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135913412
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Capitalism written by Johan Fornäs and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-16 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the most complete, accurate and accessible presentation of Karl Marx’s theory of capitalism to date, Johan Fornäs presents a guide for anyone who wants to understand how today’s crisis-ridden society has emerged and is able to sustain and intensify its own deep inner contradictions. Capitalism clearly explains these contradictions, which are so relevant again today in the wake of the financial crisis. This clear and engaging guide explains capitalism for absolute beginners. Fornäs situates Marx’s ideas in context, remaining faithful to the concepts and structure of his work. This complete introduction to Marx’s economy critique covers all three volumes of Capital. It explores all the main aspects of Marx’s work – including his economic theory, his philosophical sophistication and his political critique – introducing the reader to Marx’s typical blend of sharp arguments, ruthless social reportage and utopian visions. This book will be of interest to students throughout the social sciences and humanities, including those studying sociology, social theory, economics, business studies, history, cultural studies, and politics.

Author : Anthony Giddens
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520045354
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Contemporary Critique of Historical Materialism written by Anthony Giddens and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1981-01-01 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Eve Chiapello
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1786633264
Total Pages : 653 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New Spirit of Capitalism written by Eve Chiapello and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2018-01-16 with total page 653 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this major work, sociologists Luc Boltanski and Eve Chiapello go to the heart of the changes in contemporary capitalism. Via an unprecedented analysis of the latest management texts that have formed the thinking of employers in their reorganization of business, the authors trace the contours of a new spirit of capitalism. They argue that from the middle of the 1970s onwards, capitalism abandoned the hierarchical Fordist work structure and developed a new network-based form of organization that was founded on employee initiative and autonomy in the workplace-a "freedom" that came at the cost of material and psychological security. The authors connect this new spirit with the children of the libertarian and romantic currents of the late 1960s (as epitomised by dressed-down, cool capitalists such as Bill Gates and "Ben and Jerry") arguing that they practice a more successful and subtle-form of exploitation. Now a classic work charting the sociological structure of neoliberalism, Boltanski and Chiapello show how the new spirit triumphed thanks to a remarkable recuperation of the left's critique of the alienation of everyday life that simultaneously undermined their "social critique." In this new edition, the two authors reflect on the reception of the book and the debates it has stimulated.

Author : Ron Roberts
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782796533
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Psychology and Capitalism written by Ron Roberts and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2015-02-27 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychology and Capitalism is a critical and accessible account of the ideological and material role of psychology in supporting capitalist enterprise and holding individuals entirely responsible for their fate through the promotion of individualism.