Book description
What does 'anticapitalism' really mean for the politics and culture of
the twenty-first century? Anticapitalism is an idea which, despite going
global, remains rooted in the local, persisting as a loose collection of
grassroots movements and actions. Anticapitalism needs to develop a
coherent and cohering philosophy, something which cultural theory and
the intellectual legacy of the New Left can help to provide, notably
through the work of key radical thinkers, such as Ernesto Laclau, Stuart
Hall, Antonio Negri, Gilles Deleuze and Judith Butler. Anticapitalism
and Culture argues that there is a strong relationship between the
radical tradition of cultural studies and the new political movements
which try to resist corporate globalization. Indeed, the two need each
other: whilst theory can shape and direct the huge diversity of
anticapitalist activism, the energy and sheer political engagement of
the anticapitalist movement can breathe new life into cultural studies.
What does 'anticapitalism' really mean for the politics and culture of
the twenty-first century? Anticapitalism is an idea which, despite going
global, remains rooted in the local, persisting as a loose collection of
grassroots movements and actions. Anticapitalism needs to develop a
coherent and cohering philosophy, something which cultural theory and
the intellectual legacy of the New Left can help to provide, notably
through the work of key radical thinkers, such as Ernesto Laclau, Stuart
Hall, Antonio Negri, Gilles Deleuze and Judith Butler. Anticapitalism
and Culture argues that there is a strong relationship between the
radical tradition of cultural studies and the new political movements
which try to resist corporate globalization. Indeed, the two need each
other: whilst theory can shape and direct the huge diversity of
anticapitalist activism, the energy and sheer political engagement of
the anticapitalist movement can breathe new life into cultural studies.
