Marxism: Karl Marx's fifteen key concepts for cultural and communication studies

"This introductory text is a critical theory toolkit on how to how to make use of Karl Marx's ideas in media, communication and cultural studies. Karl Marx's ideas remain of crucial relevance, and in this short, student-friendly book, leading expert Christian Fuchs introduces Marx to...

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Main Author: Fuchs, Christian 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Routledge 2020
Series:Key ideas in media & cultural studies
Key ideas in media and cultural studies
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary:"This introductory text is a critical theory toolkit on how to how to make use of Karl Marx's ideas in media, communication and cultural studies. Karl Marx's ideas remain of crucial relevance, and in this short, student-friendly book, leading expert Christian Fuchs introduces Marx to the reader by discussing fifteen of his key concepts and showing how they matter for understanding the digital and communicative capitalism that shapes human life in 21st century society. Key concepts covered include: the dialectic, materialism, commodities, capital, capitalism, labour, surplus-value, the working class, alienation, means of communication, the general intellect, ideology, socialism, communism, and class struggles. Students taking courses in Media, Culture and Society; Communication Theory; Media Economics; Political Communication and Cultural Studies will find Fuchs' concise introduction an essential guide to Marx"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 287 pages)
ISBN:9781000747300
1000747301
9781000744118
1000744116
9781000750492
1000750493
9780367816759
036781675X