Richard Howson

The Sociology of Postmarxism

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Produktbeschreibung

Bringing the postmarxist theory of Ernesto Laclau into the field of political sociology through a close reading and analysis of postmarxism and its relationship to 'the social', A Sociology of Postmarxism develops key postmarxist arguments in an engaging and sociologically applicable way. Indeed, through a threefold method of analysis, Howson first unpacks the relationship between 'the social' and 'the political' by analysing key allied theories to show where the points of connection occur. This is then followed by an insightful analysis of the key features of postmarxist theory such as antagonism and the inevitability of social dislocation, the political importance of hegemony; and the empty signifier thesis and equivalence to show how such theory can be applied at a sociological level. Finally, through the use of sociological categories such as masculinities, migration and social capital, the foregoing theoretical analyses are synthesised to show the social nature of postmarxism and particularly in the context of aspiration and co-operation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 404g
• ISBN-13: 9780415958004
• ISBN-10: 0415958008
• Artikelnr.: 37254183

Autorenporträt

Richard Howson is Associate Professor in Sociology at the University of Wollongong

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
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Chapter One: Introduction
Why The Social?
Why Postmarxism?
Why Postmarxism and Social capital
Chapter Two: From the Social to the Political
Introduction
The Social in Historical Materialism
Setting out a Post- Terrain
Sociology and The Social in Postmarxism
Counter-Positions of The Social
Chapter Three: Classical Approaches to The Social
Introduction
The Sociological project and the Emergence of Positivism
Karl Marx: Logic to Contradiction to Mediation
Emile Durkheim: Moral Positivism and Mediation
Max Weber: From Rationality to Irrationality as Social Mediation
Chapter Four: Establishing a Basis for Postmarxism
Introduction
The New Priority
The Social as 'Sedimentation' and The Political as 'Reactivation'
Chapter Five: From Antagonism to Equivalence
Introduction
Antagonism as the Limit of Social Objectivity
"You Can Only Free Somethings ...": Hegemony and The Political
Hegemony and the Constitution of Equivalence
Chapter Six: Finding The Political in Social Capital
Introduction
What is Social Capital?
Forms of Social Capital
Social Capital and The Political
Chapter Seven: Desert - Migration as Social Dislocation
Introduction
Quantity and Composition of Global Migration
Migration and (Post)Industrialisation
Foundational Approaches to Migration
Definitional Problematics
Causation Theories
Continuation Theories
Postmarxism and Migration
Chapter Eight: Aspiration - Hegemonic Masculinity as Emptiness
Introduction
Gender Antagonism in the Modernity-Postmodernity Tension
The Emptiness of Hegemonic Masculinity
From Limit to Hegemony
Chapter Nine: The Impossibility of Society Thesis: Some Final
Considerations
Introduction
Moving Between the Possibility and Impossibility of Society
Towards Syncretism: A Sociology of Postmarxism