Philip G. Cerny
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- May 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199733699
- eISBN:
- 9780199776740
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199733699.003.0013
- Subject:
- Political Science, International Relations and Politics
This chapter looks at recent developments in neo-Marxist theory, especially those varieties of Marxism that have, intentionally or inadvertently, introduced more pluralistic or neopluralistic factors ...
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This chapter looks at recent developments in neo-Marxist theory, especially those varieties of Marxism that have, intentionally or inadvertently, introduced more pluralistic or neopluralistic factors into the analysis. The main focus is on the version of neo-Marxism that looks at the “rescaling of statehood,” that is, those authors who have addressed the problem of globalization by analyzing altered playing fields of various kinds; what has been called the search for a new spatiotemporal fix for capitalism. This version, and other versions, too, bring further into question some of the basic problems of the theory of capitalism itself, especially the Marxist version of the labor theory of value. Marxism may have been out of fashion in the late 20th century and often ignored by academics, but the financial crisis and recession of 2008-2009 revived interest in alternatives to neoliberal globalization. It is argued that basic flaws in the Marxist critique continue to make such attempts problematic.Less
This chapter looks at recent developments in neo-Marxist theory, especially those varieties of Marxism that have, intentionally or inadvertently, introduced more pluralistic or neopluralistic factors into the analysis. The main focus is on the version of neo-Marxism that looks at the “rescaling of statehood,” that is, those authors who have addressed the problem of globalization by analyzing altered playing fields of various kinds; what has been called the search for a new spatiotemporal fix for capitalism. This version, and other versions, too, bring further into question some of the basic problems of the theory of capitalism itself, especially the Marxist version of the labor theory of value. Marxism may have been out of fashion in the late 20th century and often ignored by academics, but the financial crisis and recession of 2008-2009 revived interest in alternatives to neoliberal globalization. It is argued that basic flaws in the Marxist critique continue to make such attempts problematic.
William G. Shade
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- July 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780807828892
- eISBN:
- 9781469605241
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/9780807898833_pasley.18
- Subject:
- History, American History: early to 18th Century
This chapter begins with a discussion on the emergence of a new cultural history of politics of the early republic that was clearly related to the larger debate among historians over the linguistic ...
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This chapter begins with a discussion on the emergence of a new cultural history of politics of the early republic that was clearly related to the larger debate among historians over the linguistic turn of postmodernism and neo-Marxist critical theory. It then describes the New New Political History, a new cultural history of politics more interested in text and discourse rather than political behavior and policy making.Less
This chapter begins with a discussion on the emergence of a new cultural history of politics of the early republic that was clearly related to the larger debate among historians over the linguistic turn of postmodernism and neo-Marxist critical theory. It then describes the New New Political History, a new cultural history of politics more interested in text and discourse rather than political behavior and policy making.
Paul Morris and Bob Adamson
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- May 2013
- ISBN:
- 9789888028016
- eISBN:
- 9789888180257
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789888028016.003.0002
- Subject:
- Education, Educational Policy and Politics
Drawing on the notions of rational and conflict perspectives, this chapter focuses on how curriculum decisions are made and who the key agencies are, which have a role in the formal process of ...
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Drawing on the notions of rational and conflict perspectives, this chapter focuses on how curriculum decisions are made and who the key agencies are, which have a role in the formal process of educational policymaking in Hong Kong.Less
Drawing on the notions of rational and conflict perspectives, this chapter focuses on how curriculum decisions are made and who the key agencies are, which have a role in the formal process of educational policymaking in Hong Kong.
George A. Gonzalez
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- August 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780262220842
- eISBN:
- 9780262285445
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262220842.003.0007
- Subject:
- Environmental Science, Climate
This chapter examines the relationship between urban sprawl, fossil fuel combustion, and climate change, through the lens of a neo-Marxist political economy. It begins by explaining that Marx’s ...
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This chapter examines the relationship between urban sprawl, fossil fuel combustion, and climate change, through the lens of a neo-Marxist political economy. It begins by explaining that Marx’s concept of exchange value results in the idea that raw materials have zero exchange value within capitalism. It then uses the U.S. petroleum industry to demonstrate the validity of Marx’s economic conception of natural resources. The chapter also discusses the contribution of urban sprawl to the consumer-durables revolution in the United States.Less
This chapter examines the relationship between urban sprawl, fossil fuel combustion, and climate change, through the lens of a neo-Marxist political economy. It begins by explaining that Marx’s concept of exchange value results in the idea that raw materials have zero exchange value within capitalism. It then uses the U.S. petroleum industry to demonstrate the validity of Marx’s economic conception of natural resources. The chapter also discusses the contribution of urban sprawl to the consumer-durables revolution in the United States.
Omri Moses
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- September 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780804789141
- eISBN:
- 9780804791236
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Stanford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.11126/stanford/9780804789141.003.0006
- Subject:
- Literature, Criticism/Theory
This afterword works to understand the neglect that befell vitalism as an intellectual lineage after the demise of early modernism. It then examines its “return,” surveying some of the burgeoning ...
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This afterword works to understand the neglect that befell vitalism as an intellectual lineage after the demise of early modernism. It then examines its “return,” surveying some of the burgeoning lines of interest in vitalist theory on the part of contemporary critics, while noting that the dominant “posthuman” interpretation (which has come into prominence as a result of Gilles Deleuze) depreciates vitalism's value as a richly psychological discourse, with unfortunate theoretical consequences. This allows one to differentiate current strands of vitalism from those that emerged in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. This chapter examines contemporary vitalist media theory, the so-called new materialisms, as well as several critiques of vitalist politics. It also examines vitalism's occult interests, as well as its historical competition with psychoanalysis as a go-to psychological discourse. By way of conclusions, it maps out some lines of further research.Less
This afterword works to understand the neglect that befell vitalism as an intellectual lineage after the demise of early modernism. It then examines its “return,” surveying some of the burgeoning lines of interest in vitalist theory on the part of contemporary critics, while noting that the dominant “posthuman” interpretation (which has come into prominence as a result of Gilles Deleuze) depreciates vitalism's value as a richly psychological discourse, with unfortunate theoretical consequences. This allows one to differentiate current strands of vitalism from those that emerged in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. This chapter examines contemporary vitalist media theory, the so-called new materialisms, as well as several critiques of vitalist politics. It also examines vitalism's occult interests, as well as its historical competition with psychoanalysis as a go-to psychological discourse. By way of conclusions, it maps out some lines of further research.
