BOOK REVIEW: Joseph Lennon.IRISH ORIENTALISM: A LITERARY AND INTELLECTUAL HISTORY. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2004.

2006 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 718-719
Author(s):  
John Marx
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual History ◽  
Syracuse University

Book review: Karl Marx on Technology and Alienation, written by Amy E. Wendling

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 505-519
Author(s):  
Tom Bunyard
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual History ◽  
Karl Marx ◽  
Human Essence ◽  
Scientific Paradigms ◽  
Interesting Contribution ◽  
The Status ◽  
Immanent Critique ◽  
Capitalist Ideology ◽  
Interest In Technology

Amy Wendling contends in this book that Marx’s concern with alienation is not restricted to his early, more explicitly Hegelian writings, and that it can be seen to evolve throughout his work in tandem with his interest in technology. This evolution, according to Wendling, is marked by his transition between two successive scientific paradigms, both of which pertain to the status of labour and machinery within society. Wendling claims that Marx uses the distinction between them as a means of conducting an immanent critique of capitalist ideology. Consequently, although it is primarily a work of intellectual history, this book offers an interesting contribution to the hermeneutics of Marx’sCapital. In addition, it also bears relation to contemporary discussions concerning real subsumption and the abolition of labour. The book’s general argument raises questions as to the degree to which a conception of alienation must rely upon notions of human essence, and upon an idea of a ‘natural’ and ‘authentic’ humanity. Wendling’s responses to those questions are described as problematic within this review, but they are also acknowledged to be both pertinent and intriguing.

Book Review: The Forbidden Image: An Intellectual History of Iconoclasm

2003 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 160-162
Author(s):  
Robin Jensen
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual History ◽  
History Of

scholarly journals Book Review: The Ideal Refugees: Gender, Islam, and the Sahrawi Politics of Survival

Refuge ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-79
Author(s):  
Jacob Mundy
Keyword(s):  
Syracuse University ◽  
The Ideal

The Ideal Refugees: Gender, Islam, and the Sahrawi Politics of Survival Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2014, pp. 304

Book Review: Beyond Timbuktu: An Intellectual History of Muslim West Africa

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 140-142
Author(s):  
Dzavid Dzanic
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Intellectual History ◽  
History Of
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