Re: [xmca] New Book: Zones of Proletarian Development

Like London buses, you wait a long time for writings on CHAT and radical
political consciousness and two come along at once (well, nearly - Wayne
Au's paper on Lenin & Vygotsky has been out for about a year.) I imagine
this takes a very different much more 'spontaneist' view of the zoped. I
will get hold of a copy and post about it here. I haven't also forgotten my
offering to write about Au and will when I get a bit more time. Maybe a
comparison.

Bruce R

----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Chappell" <philchappell@mac.com>
To: <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 12:26 AM
Subject: [xmca] New Book: Zones of Proletarian Development

> Apologies for cross-posting
> Phil
>
> New Book Information (An OpenMute Publication)
>
> Zones of Proletarian Development
> Mastaneh Shah-Shuja
>
>
> In this book, Mastaneh Shah-Shuja presents a novel approach for the
> study-extension of the social movement. Employing conceptual tools
> from Marx,Vygotsky, Bakhtin and Activity Theory she examines the
> interaction
> of individuals within crowds in a variety of settings including London
> May Day celebrations, riotous Iranian carnivals, the anti-poll-tax
> rebellion, the
> great anti-war demonstration of 15 February 2003 and a number of
> historical and contemporary political organisations. She identifies ?zones
> of
> proximal development? (Vygotsky) where people learn from each other, solve
> social problems, develop consciousness and engage in collective meaning-
> making.
>
> Crucially, she demonstrates how capitalism is metamorphosing at a
> number of fronts simultaneously. She shows how new methods of exploitation
> and
> accumulation are being challenged by an emerging universal class
> unencumbered by some of the limitations of previous struggles. The
> reactionary
> nature of liberalism, social democracy, fascism and bolshevism are
> examined
> whilst the once-radical ideologies of left communism, council communism,
> anarchism,
> autonomist marxism, libertarian socialism and situationism are
> subjected to critical interrogation.
>
> Imaginatively presented, with a collection of illustrations, Zones
> of Proletarian Development captures the increasing complexities of the
> class struggle in the twenty-first century and offers concrete
> suggestions for organising against capitalism.
>
> Table of contents
> Introduction
> Chapter one - Epistemology, Methodology and Method
> Chapter two- Vygotskian May Days
> Chapter three- Iranian football riots as Bakhtinian
> carnivalesque
> Chapter four- Activity Theory and Social Movements: Two case
> studies
> Chapter five- Towards a new kind of revolutionary organising
> Appendix 1- Mindful Thuggery and the Spectacularisation of
> Drama
> Appendix 2- The Glorious Proletarian Siege of Oxford Street
> References
>
> Subjects:
> Political Science-History & Theory - Radical Thought;
> Psychology-Social Psychology;
> Social Science-Sociology - Social Theory
>
> ISBN: 978-1-906496-06-7 pbk.
> May 2008, 244x170 mm, c. 360 pages
> Recommended retail price: ?15/?21/$30
>
> Author's biography: Mastaneh Shah-Shuja is an independent researcher
> from an Afghani-Iraqi background although she has also lived
> extensively in both Iran and Russia. She is currently living in the
> United Kingdom with her two children. Mastaneh has been involved in
> anti-capitalist politics since her early teens. Please send reviews/
> comments to Mastaneh Shah-Shuja at: m.shahshuja {AT} yahoo.com
>
> This book can be ordered from all good bookshops including Amazon:
>
> For Amazon in UK go to
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Zones-Proletarian-Development-Mastaneh-Shah-Shuja/dp/1906496064
>
> For Amazon in USA go to
> http://www.amazon.com/Zones-Proletarian-Development-Mastaneh-Shah-
> Shuja/dp/1906496064/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1209735928&sr=1-1
>
> For Amazon in Canada go to
> http://www.amazon..ca/Zones-Proletarian-Development-Mastaneh-Shah-
> Shuja/dp/1906496064
>
> For Amazon in Japan go to
> http://www.amazon.co.jp/Zones-Proletarian-Development-Mastaneh-Shah-
> shuja/dp/1906496064/ref=sr_1_8/503-4060494-
> 3574325?ie=UTF8&s=english-books&qid=1209735460&sr=1-8
>
>
> Other bookshops you can order it from:
>
> The New Social Worker Online go to
> http://shop.socialworker.com/Poverty-11294-1906496064-
> Zones_of_Proletarian_Development.html
>
> Eruditor.com go to
> http://www.eruditor.com/books/item/9781906496067.html.en
>
> Blackwell go to
> http://bookshop.blackwell.co.uk/jsp/display_product_info.jsp;jsessio
> nid=9518B86EDF540D371C4B07D9AF52CB10.bobcatt1?isbn=9781906496067
>
>
>
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