Class Struggle in the Academy

• Utgivningsdatum: 2027-02-05
• Mått: 156 x 234 x undefined mm
• Format: Inbunden
• Språk: Engelska
• Serie: Teresa L. Ebert and Mas’ud Zavarzadeh Books in Marxist Social and Cultural Theory
• Antal sidor: 242
• Förlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• ISBN: 9781041251132

• Sociala grupper och identitet
• Marxism och kommunism
• Diskriminering och rättvisa
• Högskola och universitet

Barbara Foley is Emerita Distinguished Professor of English at Rutgers University-Newark, having retired from teaching in 2019. She is Associate Editor at the Marxist journal Science & Society and remains active in the Radical Caucus of the MLA (Modern Language Association) and the Marxist Literary Group. She is the author of, among titles, Marxist Literary Criticism Today (2019), Wrestling with the Left: The Making of Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man (2010), and Telling the Truth: The Theory and Practice of Documentary Fiction (1986). She currently divides her time between New Jersey and Rome, Italy.

“It is a rare situation to find an author who has sustained the interweaving of academic work and political activism, never mind one who has sustained that precarious balance for almost 50 years. It is a balance that must be fought for and will be exhausting to maintain. The occasion for that author to share the insights and knowledge gleaned from the experience of such a trajectory is an equally rare gift to readers. It is difficult to exaggerate just how useful and important a contribution this book will make to the subjects of radical thinking and collective action. From the opening paragraphs it is clear that the overall effect of reading these texts that span a long career together as a single trajectory will be downright moving, uplifting, and gut-wrenching all at the same time.”Beverley Best, Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Concordia University“This book offers a spirited and uncompromising argument for the explanatory value of Marxism. It stands out for its powerful plea for Marxist analysis couched in the context of the humanities (and its endless crises) from an author whose experiences as an activist, scholar, and teacher inform in a distinct way her perspective on what must be done.”Zahi Zalloua, Cushing Eells Professor of Philosophy and Literature, and Professor of Indigeneity, Race, and Ethnicity Studies, Whitman College“There are all too few works that deal with the historical evolution of a key thinker’s ideas. As well, the attachment to the American context makes this an interesting contribution to the post-war intellectual history of the Left. The focus on class, race and fascism is very helpful and will be of immense value now and in the future.”Nick Stevenson, Reader in Cultural Sociology, University of Nottingham“This collection brings to life the delicate and somewhat unpredictable dialectic between the seismic changes in global politics and economics during the second half of the twentieth century and the texts and reading practices that have come to dominate humanistic study in the United States. Prof. Foley places the depoliticization of radical critical thinking in the US academy after the introduction of poststructuralist theory in the broader context of the erosion of Communist governments in East Europe and the Soviet Union. Of immense value to students and scholars alike, these essays deepen readers’ awareness of the totality within which their interpretations and actions are located.”Kanishka Chowdhury, Professor of English and Director of the American Culture and Difference Program, St. Thomas University

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