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

Here is the Au paper.
Its great - very interesting application of Vygotsky's perspective on
learning academic and everyday concepts with Lenin's on the
imptorance of leading /teaching/instructing the revolutionary
development of the proletariat.
Shirley

On 21 Jul 2008, at 18:07, Mike Cole wrote:

> I agree. This looks like a REALLY relevant text to examine. Do not
> know the
> Vygotsky and

> Lenin piece, but one line of
> non-discussion has been a view of zopeds and deliberately constructed,
> in-structuation, in-doctrination, as promoting
> theoretical, systematic thought in a hierarchical system
> similar to schools, and one that takes the collective activity of
> people in
> various circumstances representing a differently organized (but
> constrained)
> process of individual cognitive/cultural change.
>
> Whose is going to give it a serious review?
> mike
>
> On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 9:46 AM, Achilles Delari Junior <
> achilles_delari@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Bruce,
>> Can you post a copy of Au's paper here, too?
>> Achilles.
>>
>>> From: BRUCE@BRUCEROB.EU
>>> To: xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
>>> Subject: Re: [xmca] New Book: Zones of Proletarian Development
>>> Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:27:12 +0100
>>>
>>> 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/
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>>>>
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>>>>
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