Michael Burawoy has studied industrial workplaces in different parts of the world -- Zambia, Chicago, Hungary and Russia -- through participant observation. In his different projects he has tried to cast light -- from the standpoint of the workplace -- on the nature of postcolonialism, on the organization of consent to capitalism, on the peculiar forms of working class consciou...(展开全部)

麦克·布洛维（Michael Burawoy，1947—）加州大学伯克利分校社会学系教授，著名的马克思主义社会学家、劳动研究专家、工厂民族志实践者。曾任美国社会学学会会长、国际社会学会会长。布洛维曾在赞比亚的矿厂、东欧的工厂、美国的车间进行长期和深入的参与式观察，发展了“拓展个案法”，提出“全球民族志”的概念。作为马克思主义者和质性研究的实践者，布洛维凭卓越的学术能力和传奇的工厂经验，在美国社会学界获得了赞誉。近年来，他致力于在世界各地推广公共社会学，呼吁学界与公众不断对话以推动社会发展。代表作品有《制造同意》《公共社会学》《拓展个案法》《全球民族志》等。

"Capital is a semiotic operator": this assertion by Flix Guattari is at the heart of Maurizio Lazzarato's Signs and Machines, which asks us to leave behind the logocentrism that still informs so many critical theories. Lazzarato calls instead for a new theory capable of explaining how signs function in the economy, in power apparatuses, and in the production of subjectivity. Mo...(展开全部)

"Capital is a semiotic operator": this assertion by Flix Guattari is at the heart of Maurizio Lazzarato's Signs and Machines, which asks us to leave behind the logocentrism that still informs so many critical theories. Lazzarato calls instead for a new theory capable of explaining how signs function in the economy, in power apparatuses, and in the production of subjectivity. Mo...(展开全部)

Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy is the most famous book by Joseph Schumpeter in which he deals with capitalism, socialism and creative destruction. First published in 1942, it is largely unmathematical, compared with neoclassical works, focusing on the unexpected, rapid spurts of entrepreneur-driven growth instead of static models. The book is unusual insomuch as it was wri...(展开全部)

"Schumpeter gave us stunning insights into how the world really works. We are now living, it is said, in the Age of Schumpeter. . . . Schumpeter was a powerful prophet, and he now offers dazzling insights into everything from the rise of Wal-Mart to prosperity's discontents." (Robert J. Samuelson, Newsweek ) Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy remains one of the greatest works ...(展开全部)

Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy is the most famous book by Joseph Schumpeter in which he deals with capitalism, socialism and creative destruction. First published in 1942, it is largely unmathematical, compared with neoclassical works, focusing on the unexpected, rapid spurts of entrepreneur-driven growth instead of static models. The book is unusual insomuch as it was wri...(展开全部)

"Schumpeter gave us stunning insights into how the world really works. We are now living, it is said, in the Age of Schumpeter. . . . Schumpeter was a powerful prophet, and he now offers dazzling insights into everything from the rise of Wal-Mart to prosperity's discontents." (Robert J. Samuelson, Newsweek ) Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy remains one of the greatest works ...(展开全部)

Land reforms have been critical to the development of Chinese capitalism over the last several decades, yet land in China remains publicly owned. This book explores the political logic of reforms to land ownership and control, accounting for how land development and real estate have become synonymous with economic growth and prosperity in China. Drawing on extensive fieldwork a...(展开全部)

We live in a world shaped by secularism - the separation of numinous power from political authority and religion from the political, social, and economic realms of public life. Not only has progress toward modernity often been equated with secularization, but when religion is admitted into modernity, it has been distinguished from superstition. That such ideas are continually c...(展开全部)