{"product_id":"marxism-karl-marxs-fifteen-key-concepts-for-cultural-and-communication-studies-paperback","title":"Marxism: Karl Marx's Fifteen Key Concepts for Cultural and Communication Studies - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristian Fuchs\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKarl 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 15 of his key concepts and showing how they matter for understanding the digital and communicative capitalism that shapes human life in twenty-first 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudents 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChristian Fuchs\u003c\/strong\u003e is a professor of media and communication studies and a critical theorist of communication and society. He is co-editor of the journal \u003ci\u003etripleC: Communication, Capitalism \u0026amp; Critique\u003c\/i\u003e (http: \/\/www.triple-c.at) and author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eCommunication and Capitalism: A Critical Theory\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRereading Marx in the Age of Digital Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNationalism on the Internet: Critical Theory and Ideology in the Age of Social Media and Fake News\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSocial Media: A Critical Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDigital Demagogue: Authoritarian Capitalism in the Age of Trump and Twitter\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDigital Labour and Karl Marx\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eInternet and Society: Social Theory in the Information Age\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 02, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42104481087623,"sku":"9780367418779","price":59.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/1f2bc283976bfa79bd88278140d11bdd.webp?v=1732424716","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/marxism-karl-marxs-fifteen-key-concepts-for-cultural-and-communication-studies-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}