Stanley Aronowitz: 13 books
Taking It Big
C. Wright Mills and the Making of Political Intellectuals
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
C. Wright Mills (1916–1962) was a pathbreaking intellectual who transformed the independent American Left in the 1940s and 1950s. Often challenging the established ideologies and approaches of fellow leftist thinkers, Mills was central to creating and developing the idea of the "public intellectual"...
The Death and Life of American Labor
Toward a New Worker's Movement
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
The decline of the American union movement—and how it can revive, by a leading analyst of labor
Union membership in the United States has fallen below 11 percent, the lowest rate since before the New Deal. Labor activist and scholar of the American labor movement Stanley Aronowitz argues...
Against Schooling
For an Education That Matters
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
In Against Schooling, Stanley Aronowitz passionately raises an alarm about the current state of education in our country. Discipline and control over students, Aronowitz argues, are now the primary criteria of success, and genuine learning is sacrificed to a new educational militarism. In an age where...
by Stanley Aronowitz
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
The Death and Rebirth of American Radicalism differentiates the "Social Justice Left" from "Cultural Radicalism" and the various social movements for individual freedom.
In The Death and Rebirth of American Radicalism, Stanley Aronowitz asks the question, "Is there...
Left Turn
Forging a New Political Future
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
Building a new platform for change, prominent social critic Stanley Aronowitz diagnoses America's crisis of democracy and the dangers of the new authoritarianism. Aronowitz draws on his vast knowledge of history and political theory and from currents of political change around the globe, from the...
The Jobless Future
Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2010
High technology will destroy more jobs than it creates. This grim prediction was first published in the 1994 edition of The Jobless Future, an eerily accurate title that could have been written for today's dismal economic climate. Fully updated and with a new introduction by Stanley Aronowitz and William...
The Politics of Identity
Class, Culture, Social Movements
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
In The Politics of Identity, Stanley Aronowitz offers provocative analysis of the complex interactions of class, politics, and culture. Beginning with the premise that culture is constitutive of class identities, he demonstrates that while feminist analyses of both racial and gay movements have discussed...
False Promises
The Shaping of American Working Class Consciousness
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 1991
This classic study of the American working class, originally published in 1973, is now back in print with a new introduction and epilogue by the author. An innovative blend of first-person experience and original scholarship, Aronowitz traces the historical development of the American working class...
Education Under Siege
The Conservative, Liberal and Radical Debate over Schooling
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
First published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
There is a Gunman on Campus
Tragedy and Terror at Virginia Tech
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2008
In our media-saturated culture, momentous events occur quickly, as news and images are broadcast around the country and the world. We are often riveted by the news and our everyday reality is suddenly changed. Yet, almost as quickly, that critical event is replaced by a new story. The old event fades...
by Paula Allman, Estanislao Antelo, Ursula Apitzsch
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2002
Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937) is one of the major social and political theorists of the 20th century whose work has had an enormous influence on several fields, including educational theory and practice. Gramsci and Education demonstrates the relevance of Antonio Gramsci's thought for contemporary educational...
by Stanley Aronowitz
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
by Mark Poster, Stanley Aronowitz
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.