Download or read book Routledge Library Editions Gramsci written by Various Authors and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-07-30 with total page 1199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the years since the publication of the Prison Notebooks, the interest and importance of Antonio Gramsci’s contribution to Marxist thought and political analysis has become widely recognised. The concern to explore and identify the structures of the capitalist state is both the principal characteristic of Gramsci’s theoretical and political writings and also the inspiration for his writings on Italian history. This set re-issues four volumes by leading commentators on Gramsci's politics and philosophy which were originally published between 1979 and 1981.

Download or read book Gramsci and Marxist Theory RLE Gramsci written by Chantal Mouffe and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-24 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book familiarizes the English-speaking reader with the debate on the originality of Gramsci’s thought and its importance for the development of Marxist theory. The contributors present the principal viewpoints regarding Gramsci’s theoretical contribution to Marxism, focussing in particular on his advances in the study of the superstructures, and discussing his relation to Marx and Lenin and his influence in Eurocommunism. Different interpretations are put forward concerning the elucidation of Gramsci’s key concepts, namely: hegemony, integral state, war of position and passive revolution.

Download or read book The Sociology of Political Praxis RLE Gramsci written by Leonardo Salamini and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-24 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume analyses the philosophical nature of Gramsci’s Marxism and its Hegelian source, the radical critique of the economistic tradition and the original analyses of the role of superstructures, ideology, consciousness and subjectivity in the revolutionary process. It relates the central themes of Gramsci’s writings, such as hegemony, ‘historical blocs’, the role of intellectuals and political praxis, to the more peripheral ones, such as science, language, literature and art. The introduction includes a brief intellectual biography of Gramsci.

Download or read book Gramsci RLE Gramsci written by John Davis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-24 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Antonio Gramsci used the term ‘passive revolution’ to describe the limitations and weaknesses of the 19th century bourgeois state in Italy which permitted economic development whilst thwarting social and political progress. This detailed study consists of seven essays each exploring a different theme of the economic and social basis of the Liberal state, providing a broad understanding of the background against the emergence of Italian fascism and present a number of debates and controversies amongst Italian historians. By critical discussion of Gramsci’s reading of modern Italian history, the essays present an analysis of the structure and development of social and economic relations in the formation of the Liberal state, illustrating the transition from liberalism to fascism.

Download or read book Gramsci s Politics written by Anne Showstack Sassoon and published by Hutchinson Radius. This book was released on 1987 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Antonio Gramsci written by Steven Jones and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-01-24 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For readers encountering Gramsci for the first time, Steve Jones covers key elements of his thought through detailed discussion and studies the historical context of the theorist's thought, offers examples of putting Gramsci's ideas into practice in the analysis of contemporary culture and evaluates responses to his work. Including British, European and American examples, key topics covered here include: * culture * hegemony * intellectuals * crisis * Americanization. Gramsci's work invites people to think beyond simplistic oppositions by recasting ideological domination as hegemony: the ability of a ruling power's values to live in the minds and lives of its subalterns as a spontaneous expression of their own interests Is power simply a matter of domination and resistance? Can a ruling power be vulnerable? Can subordinates find their resitance neutralized? and What is the role of culture in this? These questions, and many more are tackled here in this invaluable introduction to Gramsci.

Download or read book Routledge Library Editions Sociology of Religion written by Various and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 5475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This set collects together in 19 volumes a wealth of texts on Sociology of Religion. An invaluable reference resource, it contains classic books on a wide range of topics, including: religion and violence, religion and family life, religion and society, culture and class.

Download or read book Praxis and Method RLE Gramsci written by Richard Kilminster and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-24 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sociological critique of the ‘philosophy of praxis’ looks at the importance of the concept in the social theory of leading influential Western Marxists such as Lukács, Gramsci, Korsch, Horkheimer, Marcuse and Adorno in the inter-war period. It offers a detailed critique of Marx and Hegel, and explores the validity and implications for sociology of two of Marx’s ideas which the later theorists made the centre piece of their social theory: first, that true theory is authenticated by praxis, and second, its corollary that certain major social transformations should and would in practice render sociology redundant.

Download or read book Routledge Library Editions Education Mini Set L Sociology of Education written by Various and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-06-23 with total page 11232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mini-set L: Sociology of Education re-issues 48 volumes originally published between 1928 and 1990. The books in this mini-set discuss: Teaching and social change, research processes in education, class, race, culture and education, marxist perspectives in the sociology of education, the family and education, the sociology of the classroom and school organization.

Download or read book Gramsci s Historicism Routledge Revivals written by Esteve Morera and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-19 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1990, this book is a comprehensive study of Gramsci's Quaderni, and gives the reader a penetrating account of the structure of Gramsci's thought. The author draw on many materials and sources, making accesible to the English-speaking reader a wide range of texts otherwise only available in Italian, French, Spanish, and Catalan. His book sheds light on Gramsci's basic philosophical and methodological principles, and will be useful as an introduction to Gramsci for students of political science, sociology, social science, history, and philosophy, as well as to scholars in the field.

Download or read book Routledge Library Editions Adult Education written by Various Authors and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 6639 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Against a background of profound wordwide social and economic change, the purpose of schooling and the place of learning in our everyday lives, educational institutions are opening up to those traditionally deprived of the opportunity. These books, originally published between 1979 and 1992 with many including global case studies reflect upon major issues confronting adult educators worldwide and discuss the role of adult education in social and community action; examine the relationship between class and adult education; look at the concept of culture and the transmission of cultural values in relations to adult education; evaluate the role of adult education in reducing unemployment.

Download or read book Routledge Library Editions The History of Economic Thought written by Various Authors and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-07-30 with total page 4507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volumes in this set, originally published between 1925 and 1990, draw together research by leading academics in the area of the history of economic thought. The volumes encompass many different schools of economic thought, with a focus on individual economic thinkers such as Friedrich Hayek, Adam Smith and Piero Sraffa. This set will be of interest to students of economics, particularly students of the history of economic thought.

Download or read book Routledge Library Editions Organizations 31 vols written by Various and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-02 with total page 9483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Re-issuing volumes originally published between 1949 and 1995 this 31 volume set examines the theory and behaviour of organizations. Topics covered include: the sociology of work leadership and organizations politics at work theory and practice of company organization patterns of business organization company strategy and organizational design.

Download or read book Routledge Library Editions Sports Studies written by Various Authors and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-07-30 with total page 2424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This set examines sport and leisure from a social science viewpoint. The volumes included, originally published between 1984 and 1991 take a cross-disciplinary approach to explore the social, political and cultural roles of sport in today's society. They cover issues as diverse as inequality, nationalism, gender, and commercialisation and engage with a range of academic disciplines including cultural studies, history, politics and sociology.

Download or read book Routledge Library Editions Feminist Theory written by Various and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-04-28 with total page 7841 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Routledge Library Editions: Feminist Theory brings together as one set, or individual volumes, a series of previously out-of-print classics from a variety of academic imprints. With titles ranging from The Liberation of Women to Feminists and State Welfare, from Married to the Job to Julia Kristeva, this set provides in one place a wealth of important reference sources from the diverse field of gender studies.

Download or read book Routledge Library Editions British Sociological Association written by Various and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-07-14 with total page 6012 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volumes in this set, originally published between 1969 and 2001, is comprised of original books published in conjunction with the British Sociological Association. The set draws together original research by leading academics based on study groups and conference papers, in the areas of youth, race, the sociology of work, gender, social research, urban studies, class, deviance and social control, law, development, and health. Each volume provides a rigorous examination of related key issues. This set will be of particular interest to students and academics in the field of sociology, health and social care, gender studies and criminology respectively.

Download or read book Adult Education and Community Action written by Tom Lovett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1982, this book discusses the role of adult education in social and community action. In particular it presents a critical assessment of 'community education' and the theories of Illich, Freire and Gramsci and it proves that there is a radical adult education tradition in the USA, Europe and North America which can offer many insights into the contemporary debate about the role of adult learning. The material is based on a decade of practical involvement in community action and education in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, where - despite deep political and religious divisions - community action has united Catholics and Protestants in a common resolve.