Description
This book draws together scholars from a variety of fields to discuss symbolic objects in contentious politics: their meanings, uses, functions, and social responses. Its purpose in doing so is threefold. The authors believe that: (1) objects and materiality have been underrepresented and under-theorized in the study of contentious politics broadly defined; (2) various individual subfields-such as social movement studies, peace and conflict studies, and scholarship on revolutions, terrorism, and (counter)insurgency-could gain much from further consideration of symbolic objects; and (3) there is much to be gained from having these subfields in conversation on the topic. In bringing these phenomena together, this book offers a serious, distinctive, and cohesive theoretical contribution, which draws upon diverse scholarly work in order to form the building blocks for future inquiry in the field. The aim of this book is not merely to "close the gap" in the literature, but to create space in the field for further and more fruitful inquiry.
About the Author
Benjamin Abrams is Leverhulme Fellow in Politics and Sociology at University College London.
Peter Gardner is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of York.
Book Information
ISBN 9780472055975
Author Benjamin Abrams
Format Paperback
Page Count 330
Imprint The University of Michigan Press
Publisher The University of Michigan Press
Weight(grams) 363g