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Top BAXANDALL, Lee; Stefan MORAWSKI, eds. Karl Marx & Frederick Engels On Literature and Art. A Selection of Writings. 2nd ptg. NY 1977. [8] 179 [3]p. 20 x 12. Paper. (IG1627) € 14,95 / $ 22.50 "Documents on Marxist Aesthetics" 1. 1st edition: 1974. A compilation of 57 texts and extracts from the work of Marx and Engels containing all their basic aesthetic thought organized in 9 sections reflecting the main underlying themes: aesthetic sensibility; capitalist alienation; communism; class values; realism; tendency literature; and form and style, among others. Includes a major critical introduction by Polish aesthetics philosopher Stefan MORAWSKI, p3-47; a supplement with texts by Eleanor MARX, Paul LAFARGUE, and Franziska KUGELMANN, p[149]-56; an extensive bibliography of Marxist books in English on aesthetics, p[159]-74; and name index, p[177]-9. BAXANDALL, Lee; Stefan MORAWSKI, eds. Karl Marx & Frederick Engels On Literature and Art. A Selection of Writings. NY 1974. [8] 179 [3]p. 20.5 x 12. Cloth. (IG1628) € 40,00 / $ 67.50 "Documents on Marxist Aesthetics" 1. A compilation of 57 texts and extracts from the work of Marx and Engels containing all their basic aesthetic thought organized in 9 sections reflecting the main underlying themes: aesthetic sensibility; capitalist alienation; communism; class values; realism; tendency literature; and form and style, among others. Includes a major critical introduction by Polish aesthetics philosopher Stefan MORAWSKI, p3-47; a supplement with texts by Eleanor MARX, Paul LAFARGUE, and Franziska KUGELMANN, p[149]-56; an extensive bibliography of Marxist books in English on aesthetics, p[159]-74; and name index, p[177]-9. DE LA HAYE, Yves, ed. Marx & Engels On the Means of Communication (The Movement of Commodities, People, Information & Capital). A Selection of Texts. NY; Bagnolet 1980. 173 [3]p. 18.5 x 10. Paper. (IG1629) € 14,95 / $ 22.50 A compilation of 26 extracts from the work of Karl Marx & Frederick Engels, organized in 4 sections: general works on the relations of exchange; the means of communications in social relations; the expansion of communications, especially the railways; & the transportation industry. Includes important introduction, p9-55; bibl, p172-3. Unique work on subject. DORFMAN, Ariel; Armand MATTELART. How to Read Donald Duck. Imperialist Ideology in the Disney Comic. 2nd ed; 4th ptg. NY 1991. 119 [1]p. 26 x 18. Paper. 66 Cartoon Line ill. (IG1630) € 14,95 / $ 22.50 Trans; original Spanish published in Chile: Para Leer al Pato Donald. Valparaiso 1971; 1st English edition: 1975. The classic, critical and humorous study of cultural imperialism and children's literature; how the Disney fantasy world reproduces the "American Dream" fantasy world, and the disastrous effect of Disney comics and other "mass" cultural merchandise on the development of the so-called "Third" World. In 1973 this work was banned and burned in Chile, and later the English edition was banned for more than a year by the US government. In comic book format with cartoon examples, introduction by David KUNZLE on the Disney world, a bibl of left writings on cultural imperialism and the comics, and an appendix by John Shelton LAWRENCE on the book's US censorship and the legal-political issues involved in the right to criticize Disney. HÄNNINEN, Sakari; Leena PALDAN, eds. Rethinking Ideology. A Marxist Debate. Berlin; NY 1983. 158 [2]p. 18.5 x 12. Paper. (IG1631) € 14,95 / $ 22.50 "International Socialism-Discussion" 3. "Argument-Sonderband AS 84". An anthology of 36 critical Marxist and left texts re-thinking the theory of ideology as an increasingly central element in an analysis of late capitalist society as well as in a political project for its transformation. Based on the work of the research group "PIT" ("Projekt Ideologie-Theorie"), it contains the papers presented at the "International Seminar on Problems of Research on Ideology" held in Berlin dealing with highly conceptual problems as well as those on politics, education, aesthetics, fascism, and feminism. The contributors include I. BESSENYEI, J.-P. COTTON, W. ELFFERDING, W.F. HAUG, F. HAUG, T. HEILMANN, K. HOLZKAMP, B. JOHANSEN, M. KITAMURA, E. LACLAU, K.H. LADEUR, A. DE LEEUW, T. METSCHER, C. MOUFFE, D. NÉMEDI, R. NEMITZ, A. NEUSÜSS, S.A. NOHRSTEDT, M. PÉCHEUX, J.M. RIPALDA, K.R. SCHERPE, H. SCHOLTZ, R. SHARP, G. THERBORN, & F.O. WOLF. HÄNNINEN, Sakari; Leena PALDAN, eds. Rethinking Marx. Berlin; NY 1984. 202 [2]p. 19 x 14. Paper. (IG1632) € 14,95 / $ 22.50 "International Socialism-Discussion" 5. "Argument-Sonderband AS 109". An anthology of 51 critical Marxist and left texts re-thinking the ideas of Marx in function of the new forms and problems in the contemporary struggles for a truly liberated society. The texts were presented at the "Internationale Konferenz Aktualisierung Marx" held in Berlin, and deal with historical materialism, the State, economic and class analyses, culture and ideology, new social movements, politics and socialist perspectives, and the possible renewal of Marxism. The contributors include D. ALBERS, J. BAYERS, J. BIDET, Y.M. BODEMANN, M. VON BRENTANO, F. CERUTTI, J.-P. COTTON, A. DOMÈNECH, W. ELFFERDING, V. GRANSOW, F. HAUG, W.F. HAUG, T. HEILMANN, J. HIRSCH, P.J. HOUNTONDJI, M. JÄGER, M. KITAMURA, P. KOSONEN, M. KRÄTKE, G. LABICA, E. LACLAU, S.E. LIEDMANN, G. LOHMANN, L. MARMORA, J. MEHTONON, S. MERCIER-JOSA, G. MINNERUPO, C. MOUFFE, H.-P. MÜLLER, R. NEMITZ, C. PASQUINELLE, V. PIETILÄ, K. RUOFF, M. SAGNOL, D. SASSOON, B. SEKULIC, J. SEMPERE, R. SHARP, K.H. TJADEN, R. WINKELMANN, F.O. WOLF, & E. WULFF. HAUG, Wolfgang Fritz. Commodity Aesthetics, Ideology and Culture. NY; Bagnolet 1987. 188 [4]p. 21 x 14. Paper. (IG1633) € 16,95 / $ 24.95 A compilation of 10 essays setting forth a multi-dimensional analysis of culture integrating three related theories: (1) a theory of commodity aesthetics; (2) a theory of the cultural as an omni-present dimension of everyday life, especially "culture from below"; and (3) a theory of the ideological, especially "from above". Also includes an extensive bibl of the author's writings since 1958. The first English-language work of this important German Marxist philosopher. INTERNATIONAL MASS MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER (IMMRC), ed. Marxism & the Mass Media: 1-2-3. Rev edition. NY; Bagnolet 1978. 105 [1]p. 21 x 14. Paper. (IG1634) € 14,95 / $ 22.50 1st published as separate volumes: NY 1972, 1973 and 1974. An international multi-lingual annotated bibliography of past and present Marxist, left, critical and progressive studies covering all aspects of culture and communication, including the press, radio, television, cable TV, telephone, computers, publishing, public opinion, advertising, journalism, cultural imperialism, film and mass culture, etc. This issue contains 871 texts in 453 catalogue entries, most of which are annotated, and is indexed by subject, author, and country. This bibliographic series was based on the IMMRC reference library, and only 7 issues in 3 volumes were published. It was the first and only bibliography on the subject, and is now part of the International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam. INTERNATIONAL MASS MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER (IMMRC), ed. Marxism & the Mass Media: 4-5. Rep edition. NY; Bagnolet 1986. 93 [3]p. 21 x 14. Paper. (IG1635) € 14,95 / $ 22.50 1st edition: 1976. An international multi-lingual annotated bibliography of past and present Marxist, left, critical and progressive studies covering all aspects of culture and communication, including the press, radio, television, cable TV, telephone, computers, publishing, public opinion, advertising, journalism, cultural imperialism, film and mass culture, etc. This issue contains 603 texts in 204 catalogue entries (nos 454-658), most of which are annotated, and is indexed by subject, author, and country. This bibliographic series was based on the IMMRC reference library, and only 7 issues in 3 volumes were published. It was the first and only bibliography on the subject, and is now part of the International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam. INTERNATIONAL MASS MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER (IMMRC), ed. Marxism & the Mass Media: 6-7. NY; Bagnolet 1980. 122 [6]p. 21 x 14. Paper. (IG1636) € 14,95 / $ 22.50 An international multi-lingual annotated bibliography of past and present Marxist, left, critical and progressive studies covering all aspects of culture and communication, including the press, radio, television, cable TV, telephone, computers, publishing, public opinion, advertising, journalism, cultural imperialism, film and mass culture, etc. This issue contains 516 texts in 166 catalogue entries (nos 659-825) most of which are annotated, and is indexed by subject, author, and country. This bibliographic series was based on the IMMRC reference library, and only 7 issues in 3 volumes were published. It was the first and only bibliography on the subject, and is now part of the International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam. MATTELART, Armand, ed. Communicating in Popular Nicaragua. NY; Bagnolet 1986. 140 [4]p. 26 x 18. Paper. 35 Line ill. (IG1638) € 16,95 / $ 24.95 An anthology of 13 critical texts from Nicaragua, Europe and the USA, the first on the media and culture in Nicaragua, many of which are published here for the first time. It includes social-historical analyses of Nicaraguan journalism, the press, radio, film, video, mural expression, literacy and social movements, in light of Nicaragua's struggle to develop a practice of democratic participation under the siege conditions of US-imposed economic, psychological and military warfare. It includes 2 unpublished texts by Tomas BORGE MARTINEZ, the sole surviving founder of the FSLN and Nicaraguan Minister of the Interior, as well as studies by Armand MATTELART, Julianne BURTON, Omar CABEZAS, Fernando CARDENAL and Valerie MILLER, the Center for Atlantic Coast Research and Documentation (CIDCA), Jose Luis CORAGGIO, Howard H. FREDERICK, Dee Dee HALLECK, David KUNZLE, & Guillermo ROTHSCHUH VILLANUEVA. Includes a bibl of left studies on the media and culture in Nicaragua and Latin America, p[136]-40. MATTELART, Armand; Seth SIEGELAUB, eds. Communication and Class Struggle. An Anthology in 2 Volumes. 1. Capitalism, Imperialism. NY; Bagnolet 1979. 445 [3]p. 26 x 18. Paper. 9 BW & Line ill. (IG1639) Euros 50,00 / $ 75.00 Vol 1 of 2 Volumes. An anthology of 64 left and progressive texts on the relationship between the practice and theory of communication and their development in the historical context of social struggle on a world scale, of which more than 1/3rd are published for the first time in English, with some published for the first time in any language. This 1st volume deals with the basic Marxist theory underlying the analysis of the communication process, as well as studies centered on the formation of the capitalist communication apparatus, ideology and "mass" culture. It contains texts by S. SIEGELAUB, A. MATTELART, K. MARX, A. GRAMSCI, V.I. LENIN, MAO Tse-Tung, P. BOURDIEU, REVOLUTIONARY LEFT MOVEMENT (MIR, Chile), H. LEFEBVRE, L. ACOSTA, M. MATTELART, D.W. SMYTHE, S. FINKELSTEIN, T. WENGRAF & R. MURRAY, F. MEHRING, R. ESCARPIT, J. HABERMAS, Y. DE LA HAYE, A. CABRAL, R. CONSTANTINO, C. ORTEGA & C. ROMERO, R. FREDERIX, J.D. BERNAL, S. EWEN, N.R. DANIELIAN, THE FILM COUNCIL (UK), R. LINDNER, R. WILLIAMS, R.A. BRADY, D. SINGTON & A. WEIDENFELD, FREE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, R. PERON, FRENCH COMMUNIST PARTY-CHAIX PRINTERS, R. BONCHIO, J. STRASSER, M. JANCO & D. FURJOT, J.-M. CARIOT, M. O'CAOLLAI, SCIENCE FOR THE PEOPLE, L.A. PEREZ JR., H.I. SCHILLER, R. DRINOT SILVA, T.H. GUBACK, S. PEREZ BARRETO, J. ARONSON, PHONG HIEN & LE VAN HAO, C. BRIGHTMAN & M. KLARE. Includes an extensive bibliography with over 500 left books on the subject, p431-41. Along with vol 2, the most important attempt —in any language— to lay the groundwork for a critical left theory of communication and culture. MATTELART, Armand; Seth SIEGELAUB, eds. Communication and Class Struggle. An Anthology in 2 Volumes. 2. Liberation, Socialism. NY; Bagnolet 1983. 438 [10]p. 26 x 18. Paper. 63 BW & Line ill. (IG1640) Euros 50,00 / $ 75.00 Vol 2 of 2 Volumes. An anthology of 64 left and progressive texts on the relationship between the practice and theory of communication and their development in the historical context of social struggle on a world scale, of which more than 38 are published for the first time in English, with some published for the first time in any language. This 2nd volume deals with an analysis of the development of popular and working-class communications and culture, its theory and practice under different political, social and historical conditions, as well as its contemporary expression. It contains texts by S. SIEGELAUB, A. MATTELART, A. GRAMSCI, M. MATTELART, L. TROTSKY, O. NEGT & A. KLUGE, W.F. HAUG, E.CABET & L.-A. PAGNERRE, K. MARX, A. FORNET, R. LAVROFF, V.I. LENIN, THE COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL, D. TARTAKOWSKY, P. FOGARASI, WORKER'S LIFE, B. HOGENKAMP, G. BARONE & A. PETRUCCI, B. BRECHT, H. EISLER, F. HOLLERING, E. HOERNLE, W. MUNZENBERG, P. GAUDIBERT, L. BASSETS, CHE GUEVARA, A. SIBEKO, A. DORFMAN, F. FANON, O. GETINO & F. SOLANAS, H. ABU GHANIMA, A.B. KHALATOV, S. TRETIAKOV, EL LISSITSKY, T. KURTOVIC, F. CASTRO, J. GARCIA ESPINOSA, S. COELHO, THE MPLA, J. REBELO, FRELIMO, M. CHANAN, UNIFIED FEDERATION OF PRINTING & PAPER WORKERS-DEMOCRATIC FEDERATION OF PTT WORKERS-CFDT, P.M. MANACORDA, S. ALLENDE, D. KUNZLE, ARMED FORCES MOVEMENT, PORTUGUESE COMMUNIST PARTY, THE STRIKE COMMITTEE OF THE ÉCOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DES BEAUX-ARTS, DIRECTORS OF POPULAR THEATRES AND CULTURAL CENTRES, COUNCIL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY MEDIA, G. RICHERI, J. LINDSAY, & J.-M. PIEMME. Includes an extensive bibliography with over 650 left books on the subject, p421-35. Along with volume 1, the most important attempt —in any language— to lay the groundwork for a critical left theory of communication and culture. MIEGE, Bernard. The Capitalization of Cultural Production. NY 1989. 165 [3]p. 21 x 14. Paper. (IG1641) € 16,95 / $ 24.95 A critical left study of the confronting logics underlying the production, diffusion and consumption of culture and communication in late capitalism, both on a national as well as on an international level, with 8 texts on communication studies, the cultural commodity, the cultural industries, children's cultural products, artistic and intellectual creativity, information systems, cable television and the new media. Includes bibl, p163-5. Return to |
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