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Transgression As a Mode of Resistance
Rethinking Social Movement in an Era of Corporate Globalization
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2010
Summary
Since industrialization, two major theoretical perspectives have accompanied the vibrant practice of social change. The first, hegemony, emerged as a less deterministic route to revolution from Marxist theory, and forms the common sense of social movement today. Within hegemonic resistance, rhetoric links issues, ideas, and identities to form a recognizable collective agent, whose aim is to transform the status quo into its vision of the world. The second major mode of resistance, transgression, grows from anarchist and autonomous resistance to capitalism. Transgression attempts to free individuals' uniqueness and creative power by deconstructing authority and explicating the body in resistance. Transgression as a Mode of Resistance: Rethinking Social Movement in an Era of Corporate Globalization provides the conceptual mapping for scholars, students, and practitioners to participate in the growing debate between these rich and powerful forces of social change. Through a broad perspective on philosophy and history, Christina R. Foust demonstrates that hegemony and transgression are sometimes conflicting, oftentimes inter-related practices. She responds to critics who believe that without a social change agent, resistance appears baseless and na ve; without a representational economy to cohere and express common interests, social movement is impossible. Through alternative social relationships and political performances, transgressive resistors may reinvent daily life.
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Copyright year
2010
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-4335-3
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-4337-7
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
246
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Acknowledgments No access
Chapter 01. Introducing Transgression as a Mode of Resistance No access Pages 1 - 30
Chapter 02. Logics of Hegemony, Degrees of Transgression No access Pages 31 - 84
