Marxism : Karl Marx's fifteen key concepts for cultural and communication studies / Christian Fuchs.
By: Fuchs, Christian [author.]
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BookSeries: Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2019Edition: 1st Edition.Description: 1 online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781000747300; 1000747301; 9780367816759; 036781675X; 9781000744118; 1000744116; 9781000750492; 1000750493.Subject(s): Marxian economics | Dialectical materialism | Social conflict | Alienation (Philosophy) | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media StudiesDDC classification: 335.4 Online resources: Taylor & Francis | OCLC metadata license agreement Summary: "This introductory text is a critical theory toolkit on how to how to make use of Karl Marx's ideas in media, communication and cultural studies. Karl Marx's ideas remain of crucial relevance, and in this short, student-friendly book, leading expert Christian Fuchs introduces Marx to the reader by discussing fifteen of his key concepts and showing how they matter for understanding the digital and communicative capitalism that shapes human life in 21st century society. Key concepts covered include: the dialectic, materialism, commodities, capital, capitalism, labour, surplus-value, the working class, alienation, means of communication, the general intellect, ideology, socialism, communism, and class struggles. Students taking courses in Media, Culture and Society; Communication Theory; Media Economics; Political Communication and Cultural Studies will find Fuchs' concise introduction an essential guide to Marx"-- Provided by publisher.
"This introductory text is a critical theory toolkit on how to how to make use of Karl Marx's ideas in media, communication and cultural studies. Karl Marx's ideas remain of crucial relevance, and in this short, student-friendly book, leading expert Christian Fuchs introduces Marx to the reader by discussing fifteen of his key concepts and showing how they matter for understanding the digital and communicative capitalism that shapes human life in 21st century society. Key concepts covered include: the dialectic, materialism, commodities, capital, capitalism, labour, surplus-value, the working class, alienation, means of communication, the general intellect, ideology, socialism, communism, and class struggles. Students taking courses in Media, Culture and Society; Communication Theory; Media Economics; Political Communication and Cultural Studies will find Fuchs' concise introduction an essential guide to Marx"-- Provided by publisher.
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