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Book SynopsisA rethinking of popular political movements, this book looks at new, emerging, mass visions and analyses their impact and potential in new ways.
Trade Review'Readers will be vastly rewarded by this outstanding book and its understanding of the class struggles of social movements' -- Adam David Morton, University of Sydney, Australia
'The authors refresh historical materialism and social movement theory in this imaginative, lucid book' -- Ruth Wilson Gilmore, author of Golden Gulag
'A stunning read, one that every activist - and anyone concerned with the world around us - should read. Beautifully written in many places - with elegant, lucid argument, and with some great turns of phrase that open whole new windows of understanding' -- Jai Sen
'A hugely important book, a must-read for those interested in movement-relevant theorising with the goal of engaging in praxis leading towards a future beyond capitalism' -- Andreas Bieler, Professor of Political Economy, University of Nottingham
Table of ContentsPreface: About This Book
1. ‘The This-Worldliness of Their Thought’: Social Movements and Theory
2. ‘History Does Nothing’: The Primacy of Praxis in Movement Theorising
3. ‘The Authors and the Actors of Their Own Drama’: A Marxist Theory of Social Movements
4. ‘The Bourgeoisie, Historically, Has Played a Most Revolutionary Part’: Social Movements from Above and Below in Historical Capitalism
5. ‘The Point Is to Change It’: Movements from Below against Neoliberalism
Notes
Bibliography
Index
