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Coronavirus, Class and Mutual Aid in the United Kingdom
By John Preston
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Description
The authors draw on Marxist and anarchist thought in class theory and social movement analysis to demonstrate that the virus and its material and discursive consequences are an active part of continuing class struggle and class interpolation. Preston and Firth examine how plans for quarantine and social isolation systematically work against the needs of the working class, and rely on classed assumptions about how markets and altruism operate.
In the face of neoliberal methods of dealing with a pandemic, ranging from marketization, disaster capitalism, to a strengthening of the State, Coronavirus, Class and Mutual Aid in the United Kingdom explains how radical alternatives such as social movements and mutual aid can be implemented to better cope with current and future crises.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
124
Release Date:
2020-11-26
Publication Date:
2020-11-26
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
3030577139
ISBN13:
9783030577131
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Weight:
172 g
Height:
148 cm
Width:
210 cm
Thickness:
8 cm
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