Intellectuals and (Counter-) Politics

Intellectuals and (Counter-) Politics
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Publisher : Berghahn Books
Total Pages : 254
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ISBN-10 : 9781782383017
ISBN-13 : 1782383018
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Book Synopsis Intellectuals and (Counter-) Politics by : Gavin Smith

Download or read book Intellectuals and (Counter-) Politics written by Gavin Smith and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 a concise framework for untangling what he calls “the society of capital” and subsequently a potentially controversial way of seeing its contemporary features. This book tackles the political conundrums of our times and asks what roles intellectuals might play therein.


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