Socialism and Communication: Reflections on Language and Left Politics

by Omar Swartz

Overview

First published in 1999, this volume was offered as a response to an increasingly hostile and alienating political world and speaks for the vision of libertarian socialism (anarchism). Building upon James Arnt Aune’s Rhetoric and Marxism and the author’s The Rise of Rhetoric, this book differs by stressing the social over the communicative / theoretical. Omar Swartz presents a book of applied communication and advances social philosophy from a communication perspective rather than communication theory per se. It will find an audience amongst those in social and communication studies as well as the cultural studies movement, along with left-wing political parties.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780429800276
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/26/2019
Series:	Routledge Revivals
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	114
File size:	505 KB

About the Author

Omar Swartz 

Table of Contents

1. Communication as Strategy. 2. Contingency of Socialism. 3. Present Needs.

Editorial Reviews

Speaking for the vision of libertarian socialism, also known as anarchism, Swartz (Duke U.) contributes to the scholarship on the nature of political change, stressing the social over the communicative and theoretical. He advances social philosophy from a communication perspective rather than advancing communications theory itself. He writes for academics, members of the British intellectual community who identify with the cultural studies movement, and the various left political parties. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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