We Make Our Own History: Marxism and Social Movements in the Twilight of Neoliberalism

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Laurence Cox Alf Gunvald Nilsen

We Make Our Own History

Marxism and Social Movements in the Twilight of Neoliberalism

Laurence Cox, Alf Gunvald Nilsen

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English

Pluto Press
20 August 2014

Social issues & processes; Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies; Economic forecasting

We live in the twilight of neoliberalism: the ruling classes can no longer rule as before, and ordinary people are no longer willing to be ruled in the old way. Pursued by global elites since the 1970s, neoliberalism is defined by dispossession and ever-increasing inequality. The refusal to continue to be ruled like this - 'ya basta!' - appears in an arc of resistance stretching from rural India to the cities of the global North.

From this network of movements, new visions are emerging of a future beyond neoliberalism. We Make Our Own History responds to these visions by reclaiming Marxism as a theory born from activist experience and practice.

This book marks a break both with established social movement theory, and with those forms of Marxism which treat the practice of social movement organising as an unproblematic process. It shows how movements can develop from local conflicts to global struggles; how neoliberalism operates as a social movement from above, and how popular struggles can create new worlds from below.

By: Laurence Cox, Alf Gunvald Nilsen
Imprint: Pluto Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 332g
ISBN: 9780745334813
ISBN 10: 0745334814
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 20 August 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Laurence Cox is Associate Professor in Sociology, National University of Ireland Maynooth. A long-time activist, he co-founded the social movement journal Interface and researches popular struggles for a better world. He is co-author of We Make Our Own History: Marxism, Social Movements and the Twilight of Neoliberalism (Pluto, 2014) and co-editor of Revolution in the Air?: 1968 in the Global North (Pluto, 2018). With Alf Gunvald Nilsen he edits the Pluto Press series Social Movements / Activist Research. Alf Gunvald Nilsen is Professor of Sociology at University of Pretoria. He is the author of Citizenship in India's Bhil Heartland among other books.

Reviews for We Make Our Own History: Marxism and Social Movements in the Twilight of Neoliberalism

'Readers will be vastly rewarded by this outstanding book and its understanding of the class struggles of social movements' -- Adam David Morton, University of Sydney, Australia 'The authors refresh historical materialism and social movement theory in this imaginative, lucid book' -- Ruth Wilson Gilmore, author of Golden Gulag 'A stunning read, one that every activist - and anyone concerned with the world around us - should read. Beautifully written in many places - with elegant, lucid argument, and with some great turns of phrase that open whole new windows of understanding' -- Jai Sen 'A hugely important book, a must-read for those interested in movement-relevant theorising with the goal of engaging in praxis leading towards a future beyond capitalism' -- Andreas Bieler, Professor of Political Economy, University of Nottingham