Adventures of the symbolic : post-Marxism and radical democracy /
Marxism's collapse in the twentieth century profoundly altered the style and substance of Western European radical thought. To build a more robust form of democratic theory and action, prominent theorists moved to reject revolution, abandon class for more fragmented models of social action, and...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
2013.
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| Series: | Columbia studies in political thought/political history.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Marxism's collapse in the twentieth century profoundly altered the style and substance of Western European radical thought. To build a more robust form of democratic theory and action, prominent theorists moved to reject revolution, abandon class for more fragmented models of social action, and elevate the political over the social. Acknowledging the constructedness of society and politics, they chose the "symbolic" as a concept powerful enough to reinvent leftist thought outside of a Marxist framework. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (384 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780231512893 0231512899 |