One dimensional man
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01 Jan 2014
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue for provisional adaptations to Hardt and Negri's immaterial labour, based on their concepts of self-valorisation, alienation, immeasurability and immanent cooperation.
Abstract: This study critiques the autonomist concept of immaterial labour. Both diagnostic and prescriptive, the term immaterial labour was coined by Lazzarato (1997), but became synonymous with Hardt and Negri’s (2001a; 2004; 2010) ‘Empire’ trilogy. They describe post-industrial labour as characterised by the production of immaterial commodities such as culture, creativity and information. Seeing it as a hegemonic form of production, accelerationist Marxists Hardt and Negri (ibid.) suggest that immaterial labour has the radical potential to restructure socio-economic life, resulting in spontaneous communism. However, their thesis has been subject to critique as it homogenises post-industrial production and lacks empirical engagement. This study seeks to address this deficit by using Dublin’s independent music scene as a strategic site of investigation. Independent music production became a logical site of enquiry, as its emphasis on immanent cooperation, urban life and autonomy are necessary elements of the immaterial labour Hardt and Negri (ibid.) seek to describe. Through in-depth interviews, an online questionnaire and further supplementary methods, this research gathers data on the subjective experience of immaterial labour in order to highlight possible critiques of the autonomist concept. Through an analysis of this data, this thesis argues for provisional adaptations to Hardt and Negri’s (ibid.) immaterial labour, based on their concepts of self-valorisation, alienation, immeasurability and immanent cooperation.
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01 Jan 2017
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...However, they developed their own class interests – or ‘class consciousness’ – which partially explains why Marx was ambitious about predicting a working class revolution (Marcuse, 1964; Eyerman, 1981: 44; Rockmore, 1988: 58)....
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...They criticise the media for attempting to control society, explaining that popular culture is a process of repressing, “classifying, organising, and labelling consumers” (ibid: 123; Adorno, 1991; Gans, 1974; Habermas, 1968; Marcuse, 1964)....
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied the social aspects of daily mobility, which is studied as a social product, based on significant family strategies and social practices and showed the importance of variables such as the lifecycle of households, class trends and family networks as well as class, gender and generational sub-cultures.
Abstract: This article considers the social aspects of daily mobility, which is studied as a social product, based on significant family strategies and social practices. Our analysis shows the importance of variables such as the lifecycle of households, class trends and family networks as well as class, gender and generational sub-cultures. The different forms of daily mobility are seen to be linked to other social strategies (residential, labour, sociability, etc.) that create a varying range of social situations. Urban and mobility policies, urban dispersion, greater automobile use and new trends in the socio-technical organization of cities exert a great influence on these unequal social positions, promoting new forms of exclusion and social risks. Based on the study of a medium-sized city in Southern Europe (Pamplona-Irunea, the regional capital of Navarra), which is developing fast from a concentrated pattern to one of residential dispersion based on greater automobile use, an analysis is carried out into how family mobility strategies tie in with different sociological profiles. The study aims to provide interesting theoretical and methodological reflections on mobility that will be of use to professionals, institutions and civil movements working in the field of mobility regulation.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors compare Marxism and institutionalism in the context of economic issues, and present a comparison of the two types of ideas in terms of economic inequality and inequality.
Abstract: (1994). Comparison of Marxism and Institutionalism. Journal of Economic Issues: Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 101-127.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined accounts of travelers in terms of Erving Goffman's front versus back distinction and found that tourists try to enter back regions of the places they visit because these regions are associated with intimacy of relations and authenticity of experiences.
Abstract: The problem of false consciousness and its relationship to the social structure of tourist establishments is analyzed. Accounts of travelers are examined in terms of Erving Goffman's front versus back distinction. It is found that tourists try to enter back regions of the places they visit because these regions are associated with intimacy of relations and authenticity of experiences. It is also found that tourist settings are arrenged to produce the impression that a back region has been entered even when this is not the case. In tourist settings, between the front and the back there is a series of special spaces designed to accommodate tourists and to support their beliefs in the authenticity of their experiences. Goffman's front-back dichotomy is shown to be ideal poles of a continuum, or a variable.
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