John Leveille

Searching for Marx in the Occupy Movement

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is a critical, participant observation study of the Philadelphia branch of the Occupy Wall Street social movement. It uses a revisionist Marxist framework, informed by critical theory, to understand and explain the organization and activities of this protest group.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. November 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 699g
• ISBN-13: 9781498548427
• ISBN-10: 1498548423
• Artikelnr.: 49010257

Autorenporträt

John Leveille is associate professor of sociology at West Chester University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Marxism and Social Movements: Reconstructed, Post-, and New
Social Movements 2. Marxism and the Occupy Movement 3. Overview of Occupy
Wall Street and Occupy Philadelphia 4. The Occupying Context: History and
the Macro Context 5. The Proximate Context 6. Organizational Structures;
Hierarchies and Power; Autonomy and Authenticities in Occupy 7. Ideologies
and the Conflicts of Humanism and Rationality 8. Schisms Part One - Race,
Liberals and Anarchy 9. Schisms Part Two - More Ideological Divides 10.
Relations with the Outside 11. The Many Faces of Framing 12. Emergent
Craziness: Frustrations, Hope, and Trust Conclusion