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Foust, Christina R.

 
9780739143353: Transgression As a Mode of Resistance: Rethinking Social Movement in an Era of Corporate Globalization
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ISBN 10 : 0739143352 ISBN 13 : 9780739143353
Editeur : Lexington Books, 2010

Synopsis

Since industrialization, two major theoretical perspectives have accompanied the vibrant practice of social change. The first, hegemony, emerged as a less deterministic route to revolution from Marxist theory, and forms the common sense of social movement today. Within hegemonic resistance, rhetoric links issues, ideas, and identities to form a recognizable collective agent, whose aim is to transform the status quo into its vision of the world. The second major mode of resistance, transgression, grows from anarchist and autonomous resistance to capitalism. Transgression attempts to free individuals uniqueness and creative power by deconstructing authority and explicating the body in resistance.

Transgression as a Mode of Resistance: Rethinking Social Movement in an Era of Corporate Globalization provides the conceptual mapping for scholars, students, and practitioners to participate in the growing debate between these rich and powerful forces of social change. Through a broad perspective on philosophy and history, Christina R. Foust demonstrates that hegemony and transgression are sometimes conflicting, oftentimes inter-related practices. She responds to critics who believe that without a social change agent, resistance appears baseless and naïve; without a representational economy to cohere and express common interests, social movement is impossible. Through alternative social relationships and political performances, transgressive resistors may reinvent daily life.

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À propos de l'auteur

Christina R. Foust is assistant professor of communication studies at the University of Denver.

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Éditeur
Lexington Books
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0739143352
ISBN 13 
9780739143353
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
256
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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