{"product_id":"cultural-resistance-reader-paperback","title":"Cultural Resistance Reader - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephen Duncombe\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eTheodor Adorno\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eMatthew Arnold\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Diggers seizing St. George Hill in 1649 to Hacktivists staging virtual sit-ins in the 21st century, from the retributive fantasies of Robin Hoods to those of gangsta rappers, culture has long been used as a political weapon. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis expansive and carefully crafted reader brings together many of the classic texts that help to define culture as a tool of resistance. With illuminating introductions throughout, it presents a range of theoretical and historical writings that have influenced contemporary debate, providing tools for the reader's own interventions. In these pages can be found the work of Karl Marx, Matthew Arnold, Antonio Gramsci, C.L.R. James, Bertolt Brecht, Walter Benjamin, Theodor Adorno, Virginia Woolf, Mikhail Bakhtin, Stuart Hall, Christopher Hill, Janice Radway, Eric Hobsbawm, Abbie Hoffman, Mahatma Gandhi, Dick Hebdige, Hakim Bey, Raymond Williams, Robin Kelley, Tom Frank and more than a dozen others, including a number of new activists\/authors published here for the first time.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Duncombe\u003c\/b\u003e, an Associate Professor at the Gallatin School of New York University, is the author of \u003ci\u003eDream \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNotes from Underground\u003c\/i\u003e, editor of the \u003ci\u003eCultural Resistance Reader\u003c\/i\u003e, and coeditor (with Maxwell Tremblay) of \u003ci\u003eWhite Riot\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTheodor Adorno\u003c\/b\u003e was director of the Institute for Social Research at the University of Frankfurt from 1956 until his death in 1969. His works include \u003ci\u003eIn Search of Wagner\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAesthetic Theory\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eNegative Dialectics\u003c\/i\u003e; and (with Max Horkheimer) \u003ci\u003eDialectic of Enlightenment\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTowards a New Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJean Baudrillard\u003c\/b\u003e (1929-2007) began teaching sociology at the Université de Paris-X in 1966. He retired from academia in 1987 to write books and travel until his death in 2007. His many works include \u003ci\u003eSimulations and Simulacra\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerica\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Perfect Crime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe System of Objects\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePasswords\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Transparency of Evil\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Spirit of Terrorism\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFragments\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWalter Benjamin\u003c\/b\u003e was a German-Jewish Marxist literary critic, essayist, translator, and philosopher. He was at times associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory and is the author of \u003ci\u003eIlluminations\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Arcades Project\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Origin of German Tragic Drama.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew Boyd\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and activist living in New York. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eLife's Little Deconstruction Book: Self-Help for the Post-Hip\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBertolt Brecht\u003c\/b\u003e (1898-1956) was a German poet, playwright, and theater director. An influential theater practitioner of the 20th century, Brecht made equally significant contributions to dramaturgy and theatrical production, the latter particularly through the seismic impact of the tours undertaken by the Berliner Ensemble--the post-war theater company operated by Brecht and his wife and long-time collaborator, the actress Helene Weigel--with its internationally acclaimed productions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrederick Engels\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1820, in the German city of Barmen. Brought up as a devout Calvinist he moved to England in 1842 to work in his father's Manchester textile firm. After joining the fight against the counter revolution in Germany in 1848 he returned to Manchester and the family business, finally settling there in 1850. In subsequent years he provided financial support for Marx and edited the second and third volumes of \u003ci\u003eCapital\u003c\/i\u003e. He died whilst working on the fourth volume in 1895. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Hill \u003c\/b\u003e(1912-2003) was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, and later became Master of the college. His celebrated and influential works include \u003ci\u003eIntellectual Origins of the English Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The World Turned Upside Down \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e A Turbulent, Seditious and Fractious People: John Bunyan and His Church.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Fellow of the British Academy and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, \u003cb\u003eEric Hobsbawm\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of more than twenty books of history, including \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Extremes\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in London. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobin D.G. Kelley \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity and History at the University of South California. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Lipsitz\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Black Studies at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eMidnight: Life and Labor in the 1940s\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Time Passages: Collective Memory and American Popular Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Sidewalks of St Louis \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e A Life in Struggle: Ivor Perry and the Culture of Opposition\u003c\/i\u003e, which was the winner of the Eugene M. Kayden Press Book Award and the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in Race Relations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKarl Marx\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1818, in the Rhenish city of Trier, the son of a successful lawyer. He studied law and philosophy at the universities of Bonn and Berlin, completing his doctorate in 1841. In Paris three years later, Marx was introduced to the study of political economy by a former fellow student, Frederick Engels. In 1848 they collaborated in writing \u003ci\u003eThe Communist Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e. Expelled from Prussia in the same year, Marx took up residence first in Paris and then in London where, in 1867 he published his magnum opus \u003ci\u003eCapital\u003c\/i\u003e. A co-founder of the International Workingmen's Association in 1864, Marx died in London in 1883. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdolph L. Reed, Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e is a political scientist at the University of Pennsylvania. He is author of \u003ci\u003eClass Notes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Jesse Jackson Phenomenon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eW. E. B. DuBois and American Political Thought\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eStirrings in the Jug\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written articles for the \u003ci\u003eProgressive\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlack Agenda\u003c\/i\u003e and many other publications. Politically active since the 1960s, he brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the debates around Barack Obama, and wider issues concerning both black and progressive politics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRaymond Williams\u003c\/b\u003e (1921-1988) was for many years Professor of Drama at the University of Cambridge. Among his many books are \u003ci\u003eCulture and Society\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCulture and Materialism, Politics and Letters\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eProblems in Materialism and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, and several novels.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 462\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.19 x 9.23 x 6.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 17, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760173220128,"sku":"9781859843796","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c36bd671d75ec3f22aeb9302b38c906a.webp?v=1780173546","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/cultural-resistance-reader-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}