Author: Philip Goldstein File Type: pdf Poststructuralist Marxism, or post-Marxism is a theoretical view-point that elaborates and revises the work of Louis Althusser and Michel Foucault. Unlike traditional Marxism, which emphasizes the priority of class struggle and the common humanity of oppressed groups, post-Marxism reveals the sexual, racial, class, and ethnic divisions of modern Western society. This book surveys the different versions of post-Marxist theory the economic theory of Stephen Resnick and Richard Wolff, the historical methodology of Michel Foucault, the political theory of Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe, the feminism of Judith Butler, the materialist philosophy of Pierre Macherey, and the cultural studies of Tony Bennett and John Frow, Providing a coherent framework for these otherwise quite divergent theorists. Philip Goldstein outlines the history of Marxist philosophical or theoretical views and explains how they all count as post-Marxist. Poststructuralist Marxism, or post-Marxism, is a theoretical viewpoint that elaborates and revises the work of Louis Althusser and Michel Foucault. Unlike traditional Marxism, which emphasizes the priority of class struggle and the common humanity of oppressed groups, post-Marxism reveals the sexual, racial, class, and ethnic divisions of modern Western society. This book surveys the different versions of post-Marxist theory the economic theory of Stephen Resnick and Richard Wolff, the historical methodology of Michel Foucault, the political theory of Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe, the feminism of Judith Butler, the materialist philosophy of Pierre Macherey, and the cultural studies of Tony Bennett and John Frow. Providing a coherent framework for these otherwise quite divergent theorists, Philip Goldstein outlines the history of Marxist philosophical or theoretical views and explains how they all count as post-Marxist.From the PublisherAn introduction to the philosophical, economic, historical, feminist, and cultural versions of post-Marxist theory. About the AuthorPhilip Goldstein is Professor of English at the University of Delaware and the author of Communities of Cultural Value Reception Study, Political Differences, and Literary History and The Politics of Literary Theory An Introduction to Marxist Criticism.

Author: David Bates File Type: pdf Between 1910 and 1920, the Chicago Federation of Labor (CFL) inaugurated a massive organizing drive in the citys meatpacking and steel industries. Although the CFL sought legitimately progressive goals, worked earnestly to organize an interracial union, and made major inroads among both black and white workers, their efforts resulted in a bitter defeat. David Bates provides a clear picture of how even the most progressive of intentions can be ground to a halt. By organizing workers into neighborhood locals, which connected workplace struggles to ethnic and religious identities, the CFL facilitated a surge in the organizations membership, particularly among African American workers, and afforded the federation the opportunity to aggressively confront employers. The CFLs innovative structure, however, was ultimately its demise. Linking union locals to neighborhoods proved to be a form of de facto segregation. Over time union structures, rank-and-file conflicts, and employer resistance combined to turn the unions hopeful calls for solidarity into animosity and estrangement. Tensions were exacerbated by violent shop floor confrontations and exploded in the bloody 1919 Chicago Race Riot. By the early 1920s, the CFL had collapsed. The Ordeal of the Jungle explores the choices of a variety of people while showing a complex, overarching interplay of black and white workers and their employers. In addition to analyzing union structures and on-the-ground relations between workers, Bates synthesizes and challenges previous scholarship on interracial organizing to explain the failure of progressive unionism in Chicago. **Review The Ordeal of the Jungle is a timely contribution to the ongoing conversation between the past and the present not only in the fields of labor and African American history but also in movements for the advancement of working people and people of color.Peter Rachleff,author of Black Labor in Richmond, 18651890 In this absorbing study, David Bates charts the spectacular rise and equally dramatic fall of the Chicago Federation of Labors World War I era campaign to organize the citys stockyards across lines of race, ethnicity, gender, and skill.Paul Michel Taillon, author of Good, Reliable, White Men Railroad Brotherhoods, 18771917 The Ordeal of the Jungle deftly blends perspectives of union leaders, rank-and-file workers, strikebreakers, and employers to show how aspects of class and race determined the fate of ambitious organizing drives in Chicagos stockyards and steel mills. Batess methodology and nuanced interpretation exemplify the promise of a new generation of labor historians.Michael K. Rosenow, author of Death and Dying in the Working Class, 1865 1920 Bates offers a vivid account of the Chicago labor movements failed attempts to promote a progressive brand of interracial unionism early in the twentieth century. Through a masterful synthesis of the old and new labor histories, Bates illuminates how employer predation, union miscues, and rank-and-file conflict worked together to undercut solidarity and with it hopes of racial change and economic justice. A vital retelling with important lessons for both historians and labororganizers.Kerry Pimblott, author of Faith in Black Power Race, Religion, and Resistance in Cairo, Illinois About the Author David Bates is an assistant professor of history at Concordia University Chicago. He is a regular contributor to the Illinois Reading Council Journal and has also contributed to the Journal of Interdisciplinary History and The Encyclopedia of American Reform Movements.

Author: Sietske Fransen File Type: pdf span box-sizing inherit orphans 2 widows 2Translating Early Modern Sciencespanspan orphans 2 widows 2explores the roles of translation and the practices of translators in early modern Europe. In a period when multiple European vernaculars challenged the hegemony long held by Latin as the language of learning, translation assumed a heightened significance.spanspan orphans 2 widows 2This volume illustrates how the act of translating texts and images was an essential component in the circulation and exchange of scientific knowledge. It also makes apparent that translation was hardly ever an end in itself rather it was also a livelihood, a way of promoting the translators own ideas, and a means of establishing the connections that in turn constituted far-reaching scientific networks.span

Author: Lucas Bessire File Type: pdf Radio is the most widespread electronic medium in the world today. As a form of technology that is both durable and relatively cheap, radio remains central to the everyday lives of billions of people around the globe. It is used as a call for prayer in Argentina and Appalachia, to organize political protest in Mexico and Libya, and for wartime communication in Iraq and Afghanistan. In urban centers it is played constantly in shopping malls, waiting rooms, and classrooms. Yet despite its omnipresence, it remains the media form least studied by anthropologists.Radio Fields employs ethnographic methods to reveal the diverse domains in which radio is imagined, deployed, and understood. Drawing on research from six continents, the volume demonstrates how the particular capacities and practices of radio provide singular insight into diverse social worlds, ranging from aboriginal Australia to urban Zambia. Together, the contributors address how radio creates distinct possibilities for rethinking such fundamental concepts as culture, communication, community, and collective agency. **