Description |
1 online resource (xxxiv, 268 pages) |
Series |
Contradictions ; 20 |
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Contradictions (Minneapolis, Minn.) ; 20.
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Contents |
1. Proto-theories of the New Class: Hegel, Saint-Simon, and Marx -- 2. The Vanguard Project -- 3. A bureaucratic class in Soviet-type society -- 4. Beyond bureaucratic power: humanistic intellectuals and technocrats under state socialism -- 5. The fall of the class project of the socialist reform intelligentsia -- 6. Intellectuals under postcommunism -- 7. Bourgeois and post-Marxist theories of the New Class in the West -- 8. The neo-Marxist response to bourgeois theories of the New Class -- 9. The limits of the New Class project in the West -- Conclusion: The "Third Way" as the fourth wave of New Class projects? |
Summary |
In Theories of the New Class, Iván Szelényi, one of the most incisive and respected analysts of the intellectual class, and Lawrence King put New Class theories into a broad historical framework for the first time. This book grounds class theories in contemporary issues, and uses modern polemics to revitalize historical debates on the origins of capitalism |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-261) and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Communism and intellectuals.
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Power (Social sciences)
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Socialism.
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Socialism
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socialism.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Communism & Socialism.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism.
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Communism and intellectuals
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Power (Social sciences)
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Socialism
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Szelényi, Iván, author
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ISBN |
9780816695911 |
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0816695911 |
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0816643431 |
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9780816643431 |
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