Reimagining Class In Australia: Marxism, Populism And Social Science
by Henry Paternoster /
2017 / English / PDF
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This book re-evaluates New Left and Marxist texts from the
1980s, in order to explore problems facing the study of ‘class’
which have emerged within Australian and international
theories. The author contrasts the popular ideas of Connell,
Bourdieu and the ‘Death of Class’ thesis, with those of lesser
known texts, concluding that no single definition can account
for the various historical meanings of class. Instead, loosely
following Castoriadis, the concept of class can best be
understood as creatively imagined and institutionalised.
Paternoster proposes that class is best studied through
historical phenomenology, which can be used to link political
economy, cultural sociology and anthropological ethnographies.
This approach allows the contributions of Marxist and New Left
authors to be reintegrated with contemporary theories. Doing so
highlights the significance of labour populism, while
cautioning against the ahistorical applications of texts such
as Bourdieu’s
This book re-evaluates New Left and Marxist texts from the
1980s, in order to explore problems facing the study of ‘class’
which have emerged within Australian and international
theories. The author contrasts the popular ideas of Connell,
Bourdieu and the ‘Death of Class’ thesis, with those of lesser
known texts, concluding that no single definition can account
for the various historical meanings of class. Instead, loosely
following Castoriadis, the concept of class can best be
understood as creatively imagined and institutionalised.
Paternoster proposes that class is best studied through
historical phenomenology, which can be used to link political
economy, cultural sociology and anthropological ethnographies.
This approach allows the contributions of Marxist and New Left
authors to be reintegrated with contemporary theories. Doing so
highlights the significance of labour populism, while
cautioning against the ahistorical applications of texts such
as Bourdieu’sDistinction
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.Reimagining Class in Australia
Reimagining Class in Australia will be of interest to
students and scholars across a range of disciplines, including
sociology, history, political economy and anthropology.
will be of interest to
students and scholars across a range of disciplines, including
sociology, history, political economy and anthropology.
