{"product_id":"the-great-refusal-herbert-marcuse-and-contemporary-social-movements-paperback-softback-9781439913048","title":"The Great Refusal; Herbert Marcuse and Contemporary Social Movements (Paperback \/ softback) 9781439913048","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Great Refusal\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHerbert Marcuse and Contemporary Social Movements\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAndrew Lamas (Edited by), Todd Wolfson (Edited by), Peter N. Funke (Edited by), Angela Y. Davis (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781439913048\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 23 January 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e410 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm, 0.626 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“This is certainly the time for a Marcuse revival!”-Fredric Jameson, Knut Schmidt-Nielsen Professor of Comparative Literature, Duke University\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e“\u003c\/b\u003eOne of the great 20th century critical theorists of domination and liberation, Herbert Marcuse has an enormous amount to say to our time. \u003ci\u003eThe Great Refusal\u003c\/i\u003e makes this abundantly clear. The contributors draw Marcuse’s imaginative reworking of Hegel, Marx, Freud, and Weber into illuminating conversations with a diverse range of contemporary theorists and political movements. . .from those of the Zapatistas and Chinese factory workers to the Arab Spring and Occupy. This book is a treasure trove for scholars and activists alike.”-Wendy Brown, University of California, Berkeley\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHerbert Marcuse examined the subjective and material conditions of radical social change and developed the \"Great Refusal,\" a radical concept of \"the protest against that which is.\" The editors and contributors to the exciting new volume \u003ci\u003eThe Great Refusal\u003c\/i\u003e provide an analysis of contemporary social movements around the world with particular reference to Marcuse's revolutionary concept. The book also engages-and puts Marcuse in critical dialogue with-major theorists including Slavoj Žižek and Michel Foucault, among others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The chapters in this book analyze different elements and locations of the contemporary wave of struggle, drawing on the work and vision of Marcuse in order to reveal, with a historical perspective, the present moment of resistance. Essays seek to understand recent uprisings-such as the Zapatistas in Mexico, the Arab Spring, and the Occupy movement-in the context of Marcuse's powerful conceptual apparatus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Great Refusal \u003c\/i\u003ealso charts contemporary social movements against global warming, mass incarceration, police brutality, white supremacy, militarization, technological development, and more, to provide insights that advance our understanding of resistance today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eContributors include: Kevin B. Anderson, Stanley Aronowitz, Joan Braune, Jenny Chan, Angela Y. Davis, Arnold L. Farr, Andrew Feenberg, Michael Forman, Christian Fuchs, Stefan Gandler, Christian Garland, Toorjo Ghose, Imaculada Kangussu, George Katsiaficas, Douglas Kellner, Sarah Lynn Kleeb, Filip Kovacevic, Lauren Langman, Heather Love, Peter Marcuse, Martin J. Beck MatuŠtÍk, Russell Rockwell, AK Thompson, Marcelo Vieta, and the editors\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52656112533784,"sku":"9781439913048","price":30.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-great-refusal-herbert-marcuse-and-contemporary-social-movements-paperback-softback-9781439913048","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}