@article{1358448,
      recid = {1358448},
      author = {Paternoster, Henry.},
      title = {Reimagining Class in Australia : Marxism, Populism and  Social Science.},
      publisher = {Springer International Publishing,},
      address = {Cham :},
      pages = {1 online resource (286 pages)},
      year = {2017},
      abstract = {This book re-evaluates New Left and Marxist texts from the  1980s, in order to explore problems facing the study of  'class' which have emerged within Australian and  international theories. The author contrasts the popular  ideas of Connell, Bourdieu and the 'Death of Class' thesis,  with those of lesser known texts, concluding that no single  definition can account for the various historical meanings  of class. Instead, loosely following Castoriadis, the  concept of class can best be understood as creatively  imagined and institutionalised. Paternoster proposes that  class is best studied through historical phenomenology,  which can be used to link political economy, cultural  sociology and anthropological ethnographies. This approach  allows the contributions of Marxist and New Left authors to  be reintegrated with contemporary theories. Doing so  highlights the significance of labour populism, while  cautioning against the ahistorical applications of texts  such as Boudieu's Distinction. Reimagining Class in  Australia will be of interest to students and scholars  across a range of disciplines, including sociology,  history, political economy and anthropology.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1358448},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55450-1},
}