The politics of the book : a study on the materiality of ideas /

"Explores several classic works of social and political thought, examining how the history of their publication materially affected their meaning and reception over time. Case studies include works by Durkheim, Mead, Marx, Du Bois, and Weber"--Provided by publisher

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Main Authors: Silva, Filipe Carreira da (Author), Brito Vieira, Mónica (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2019
Series:Penn State series in the history of the book.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Elementary forms and the cultural Durkheim
  • A classic with no author : G.H. Mead's Mind, self, and society
  • The dialectic of dissent : Marx's 1844 economic and philosophic manuscripts
  • When souls came to matter : the many lives of Du Bois' The souls of Black folk
  • A work in translation : Weber's the protestant ethic
  • Prophets and princes : on the editing and translation of Tocqueville's Democracy in America.