Research Catalog

Title

The politics of the precariat : from populism to Lulista hegemony / by Ruy Braga ; translated by Sean Purdy.

Author

Braga, Ruy

Publication

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]

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Details

Description

xi, 292 pages; 25 cm.

Summary

Making use of the theoretical tools of Marxist critical sociology, Ruy Braga proposes an innovative reading of the social history of Brazil - from Fordist populism to the current Lulista hegemony - with the "politics of the Precariat" as an analytical vector. Ruy Braga's analysis seeks to explain both economic structural processes (peripheral Fordism, its crisis, the transition to financed post-Fordism) and the subjective dimension of the proletariat suffering from precarity (the anxiety of the subordinate, the preoccupation of the worker, the plebeian or classist drive of the exploited). At the moment when plebeian drive is returning to stimulate strike activity in the country, underlined by the recent protests that shook Brazil, this book impels us to reflect on the limits of the current model of Brazilian development. First published in Portugese as 'A politica do precariado: do populismo a hegemonia' by Boitempo Editorial in 2012.

Series Statement

Historical materialism book series ; volume 164

Uniform Title

Historical materialism book series ; 164.

Subject

• 2000-2099
• Populism > Brazil > History
• Anxiety > Brazil > History
• Social classes > Brazil > History
• Populisme > Brésil > Histoire
• Classes sociales > Brésil > Histoire
• Populism
• Anxiety
• Politics and government
• Social classes
• Social conditions
• Brazil > Social conditions > 21st century
• Brazil > Politics and government > 21st century
• Brésil > Politique et gouvernement > 21e siècle
• Brazil

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The formation of the reversal -- The spectre of the people -- The fatalism of the weak -- The transformation of hegemony in reverse -- The smile of the exploited -- The anguish of the subalterns -- Conclusion: "Let's play that?" -- Interventions -- Dilma and the Brazilian utopia -- Uneasiness in the kitchen -- Chronicle of an unforgettable month -- For a sociology worthy of June -- Rosa Parks in Itaquera -- The most visible colour -- Challenging hegemony -- The era of pillage -- The end of lulism and the palace coup in Brazil -- Bibliography -- Index.

ISBN

• 9789004272378
• 9004272372

LCCN

2018021657

OCLC

• on1047587779
• 1047587779
• SCSB-9202311

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library