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

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/
> > 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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