Reimagining Class in Australia
Marxism, Populism and Social Science
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Beschreibung
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 Boudieu’s Distinction.
Reimagining Class in Australia will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines, including sociology, history, political economy and anthropology.
Offers a new critique and appraisal of the successes and failures of Marxist class analysis of Australia during the 1980s
Considers how contemporary Australian society can be understood from a historical perspective as shaped by class analysis
Engages with works by Raewyn Connell and Terence Irving, Andrew Wells, and Andrew Metcalfe
Offers a new critique and appraisal of the successes and failures of Marxist class analysis of Australia during the 1980s Considers how contemporary Australian society can be understood from a historical perspective as shaped by class analysis Engages with works by Raewyn Connell and Terence Irving, Andrew Wells, and Andrew Metcalfe Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Henry Paternoster
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Class analysis Connell Irving 1980's Australian social history 1970's Marxism Populism