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This article considers The Dark Knight Rises (Christopher Nolan, 2012) in order to argue through Fredric Jameson that postmodern aspects of a text are capable of obfuscating, if not altogether obliterating, any Marxist polemics. The first... more
This article explores the importance of non-capitalist space within the global political economy. The issue of how to categorise and understand space in so-called peripheral regions such as Latin America has been a contentious one. Whilst... more
This article explores the patterns of class inequality and capital accumulation in Brazil, showing the drivers and limits of the decline in inequality that occurred during the Workers' Party governments. It proposes that minimum wage... more
The main focus of this article is to map the field of the dominant discourses fabricated, promoted and cultivated in the field of Mass Media, in terms of the decade-long Greek crisis. What will be supported is that, during the whole... more
Die Lebenswelten von Jugendlichen sind von Klassenspaltungen
durchzogen. Doch es gibt gemeinsame Hoffnungen,
die sich von links ansprechen lassen.
durchzogen. Doch es gibt gemeinsame Hoffnungen,
die sich von links ansprechen lassen.
Why does class matter for the study of work? At first glance, the question might seem obvious, because class and work are often seen as deeply intertwined. This was cer- tainly the case for the founders of sociology, although changes in... more
Hogyan képzeljük el a magyar társadalom osztályszerkezetét? Terhes babapiskótaként? Piramisként vagy körteként? Az összetett és elvont jelenségek megértését megkönnyíti, ha már ismert dolgokhoz hasonlítjuk. A metaforák egy határig... more
Qui organise aujourd'hui des funérailles catholiques à Abomey, dans le sud du Bénin? Comment, pourquoi, et dans quelles conditions? Voici quelques-unes des questions auxquelles ce texte s'efforce de répondre, en replaçant ce cas dans la... more
Είναι πραγματικά περίεργο τη στιγμή που οι κοινωνικές ανισότητες διευρύνονται και οι συνθήκες ζωής μεγάλων τμημάτων του πληθυσμού επιδεινώνονται, η κοινωνική ανάλυση να παραιτείται από την έννοια της κοινωνικής τάξης. Εντούτοις η... more
Ebbs and Flows of Class Analysis: Marx, Weber and beyond... This paper analyzes the cycles of class analysis according to the ebbs and flows of class struggle... 1848, 1871, 1917-1930 and 1979s... Those are the critical turning points in... more
These notes were prepared for my doctoral students. Basically the notes address how public schools and other dominant institutions in society depict the cultural conventions of low-status groups as inferior or particularistic, and to... more
Σε αυτό το άρθρο θέλω να προτείνω ένα τρόπο θεωρητικοποίησης των μεθοδολογικών και ερευνητικών ζητημάτων όσον αφορά στη σχέση της κοινωνικής τάξης με το σχολείο και την κοινωνική αναπαραγωγή. Συνήθως οι έρευνες στην κοινωνιολογία της... more
Marksist düşüncede toplumun sınıflar temelinde analizi büyük bir önem taşır. Sınıfların bu önceliği ve önemi, hem toplumun bilimsel analizinin sonucu hem de çıkış noktasıdır. Sınıfları bütünlüklü olarak ele alıp tartışmamış olsa da... more
In this concise introduction, Chad Kautzer demonstrates the shared emancipatory goals and methods of several radical philosophies, from Marxism and feminism to critical race and queer theory. Radical Philosophy examines the relations of... more
Nearly four centuries ago, liberal political thought asserted that the state was the product of a distant, prehistorical, social contract. Social science has done little to overcome this fiction. Even the most radical of theories have... more
A translation of, and introduction to, Akhtar Husain Raipuri's pivotal articulation of the relationship between literature and the struggle against colonialism and capitalism struggle.
The telegraph, telephone, and television, not to mention the Internet and mobile telephony, are all forms of communication that move information faster than the speed at which objects move. Both labor and capital and armies and... more
This article explores the anticlimatic suspense sequence, a phrase used to describe the use of mise-en-scene to build suspense and tease the killer, within a recent cycle of slasher film remakes. Despite the ubiquity of these scenes in... more
Since the end of its civil war, Lebanon has been ruled by a political elite that maintains a sectarian clientelist hegemony characterised by corruption and public services deterioration. The 2015 protest movement (Harak) was provoked by a... more
Questo scritto introduce e presenta un saggio di Michael Burawoy, dove il sociologo di Berkeley traccia un profilo intellettuale del collega e amico Erik Wright. Redatto per la conferenza tenutasi l'1 e il 2 novembre 2019 all'Università... more
This article presents a critique of classic applications of class analysis to Polish society. It argues from a Bourdieusian standpoint that class is subordinate to culture in shaping social relations in Poland. More specifically, Poland... more
Η εργασία αυτή αναπτύσσεται ως κριτική στις θεωρίες του Μετά (Μεταβιομηχανική Κοινωνία, Μεταφορντισμός, Μετανεωτερικότητα κ.ο.κ.). Στο επίκεντρο της κριτικής βρίσκεται ο αποσπασματικός και ντετερμινιστικός τρόπος προσέγγισης των αλλαγών... more
Abstract in English first/Resumen en español más abajo. ABSTRACT: This book aims to understand the group of economic units often identified under concepts such as urban informal sector, informal economy, micro-enterprises, and... more
The paper reviews recent findings of class analysis in Taiwan. The studies find that income inequality among social classes has continuously increased, and point out two sources of the inequality: (1) industrial upgrading led to... more
درس جامعهشناسی کار و شغل - دانشکده علوم اجتماعی دانشگاه تهران - بهار 1399
The Indian Freedom Movement (1857-1947) was a signiTcant period which had a politically important impact on the Indian state's subsequent formation. The historiography of the movement was until recently much more monochromatic than the... more
This article attempts to destabilize the assumption that self-determination can be restricted to a “purely legal” analysis of the sort to which most international legal scholars have conventionally confined themselves. It does so by... more
2005 - Unpublished report on middle class sociological literature - Consiglio per le Scienze Sociali
Althusser and Poulantzas explored the nature of the capitalist state against the backdrop of a joint problematic, which concerned the reproduction of class domination. They established a variant of Marxism that provided the theoretical... more
Ce texte est organisé en deux parties. La première partie remet en perspective historique la rencontre manquée entre les travaux portant sur le changement social africain, dans lesquels va s’inscrire Balandier à partir des années 1950, et... more
This publication explores the collaboration between Biblical studies and liberal ideology from a Marxist perspective. Marxist analysis of the bible is spreading, but clarity about what constitutes Marxist readings and Marxist categories... more
Professor Marc Sommers is driven by the question, can an international scholar working in a war-affected community do work in a way that gives voice to powerless? He says that things look, feel, and are interpreted differently from below,... more
Στη μελέτη αυτή επιχειρούμε να εξετάσουμε την μετάβαση από το μοντέλο των κοινωνικών τάξεων στο μοντέλο του κοινωνικού αποκλεισμού. Σ’ αντίθεση με το πρώτο, το οποίο βλέπει την κοινωνία ιεραρχικά δομημένη, δηλαδή ως κοινωνία... more
In Part II: The Spectre of Poverty, I engage with contemporary critiques of the political economy and with Lacanian ontology in order to further challenge Laclau’s political theory and to advocate a theoretical and strategical return to... more