View in EDS PDF Full Text ePub Full Text

The Politics of the Book : A Study on the Materiality of Ideas

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Politics of the Book : A Study on the Materiality of Ideas
Description: It is impossible to separate the content of a book from its form. In this study, Filipe Carreira da Silva and Mónica Brito Vieira expand our understanding of the history of social and political scholarship by examining how the entirety of a book mediates and constitutes meaning in ways that affect its substance, appropriation, and reception over time.Examining the evolving form of classic works of social and political thought, including W. E. B. Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folk, G. H. Mead's Mind, Self, and Society, and Karl Marx's 1844 Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts, Carreira da Silva and Brito Vieira show that making these books involved many hands. They explore what publishers, editors, translators, and commentators accomplish by offering the reading public new versions of the works under consideration, examine debates about the intended meaning of the works and discussions over their present relevance, and elucidate the various ways in which content and material form are interwoven. In doing so, Carreira da Silva and Brito Vieira characterize the editorial process as a meaning-producing action involving both collaboration and an ongoing battle for the importance of the book form to a work's disciplinary belonging, ideological positioning, and political significance.Theoretically sophisticated and thoroughly researched, The Politics of the Book radically changes our understanding of what doing social and political theory—and its history—implies. It will be welcomed by scholars of book history, the history of social and political thought, and social and political theory.
Authors: Filipe Carreira da Silva, Mónica Brito Vieira
Resource Type: eBook.
Subjects: Books--Political aspects, Sociology literature--History and criticism--Case studies, Political science literature--History and criticism--Case studies
Categories: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / Authorship, HISTORY / Social History, LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
Database: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
FullText Links:
  – Type: ebook-pdf
  – Type: ebook-epub
Text:
  Availability: 0
Header DbId: nlebk
DbLabel: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
An: 2124366
RelevancyScore: 1090
AccessLevel: 6
PubType: eBook
PubTypeId: ebook
PreciseRelevancyScore: 1090.09973144531
IllustrationInfo
ImageInfo – Size: thumb
  Target: https://rps2images.ebscohost.com/rpsweb/othumb?id=NL$2124366$PDF&s=r
– Size: medium
  Target: https://rps2images.ebscohost.com/rpsweb/othumb?id=NL$2124366$PDF&s=d
Items – Name: Title
  Label: Title
  Group: Ti
  Data: The Politics of the Book : A Study on the Materiality of Ideas
– Name: Abstract
  Label: Description
  Group: Ab
  Data: It is impossible to separate the content of a book from its form. In this study, Filipe Carreira da Silva and Mónica Brito Vieira expand our understanding of the history of social and political scholarship by examining how the entirety of a book mediates and constitutes meaning in ways that affect its substance, appropriation, and reception over time.Examining the evolving form of classic works of social and political thought, including W. E. B. Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folk, G. H. Mead's Mind, Self, and Society, and Karl Marx's 1844 Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts, Carreira da Silva and Brito Vieira show that making these books involved many hands. They explore what publishers, editors, translators, and commentators accomplish by offering the reading public new versions of the works under consideration, examine debates about the intended meaning of the works and discussions over their present relevance, and elucidate the various ways in which content and material form are interwoven. In doing so, Carreira da Silva and Brito Vieira characterize the editorial process as a meaning-producing action involving both collaboration and an ongoing battle for the importance of the book form to a work's disciplinary belonging, ideological positioning, and political significance.Theoretically sophisticated and thoroughly researched, The Politics of the Book radically changes our understanding of what doing social and political theory—and its history—implies. It will be welcomed by scholars of book history, the history of social and political thought, and social and political theory.
– Name: Author
  Label: Authors
  Group: Au
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="AR" term="%22Filipe+Carreira+da+Silva%22">Filipe Carreira da Silva</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="AR" term="%22Mónica+Brito+Vieira%22">Mónica Brito Vieira</searchLink>
– Name: TypePub
  Label: Resource Type
  Group: TypPub
  Data: eBook.
– Name: Subject
  Label: Subjects
  Group: Su
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Books--Political+aspects%22">Books--Political aspects</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Sociology+literature--History+and+criticism--Case+studies%22">Sociology literature--History and criticism--Case studies</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Political+science+literature--History+and+criticism--Case+studies%22">Political science literature--History and criticism--Case studies</searchLink>
– Name: SubjectBISAC
  Label: Categories
  Group: Su
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="ZK" term="%22LANGUAGE+ARTS+%26+DISCIPLINES+%2F+Writing+%2F+Authorship%22">LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / Authorship</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="ZK" term="%22HISTORY+%2F+Social+History%22">HISTORY / Social History</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="ZK" term="%22LITERARY+CRITICISM+%2F+Books+%26+Reading%22">LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="ZK" term="%22SOCIAL+SCIENCE+%2F+Sociology+%2F+General%22">SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General</searchLink>
PLink https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=nlebk&AN=2124366
RecordInfo BibRecord:
  BibEntity:
    Classifications:
      – Code: 809.933552
        Scheme: ddc
        Type: prePub
    Languages:
      – Code: eng
        Text: English
    Subjects:
      – SubjectFull: Books--Political aspects
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Sociology literature--History and criticism--Case studies
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Political science literature--History and criticism--Case studies
        Type: general
    Titles:
      – TitleFull: The Politics of the Book : A Study on the Materiality of Ideas
        Type: main
  BibRelationships:
    HasContributorRelationships:
      – PersonEntity:
          Name:
            NameFull: Filipe Carreira da Silva
      – PersonEntity:
          Name:
            NameFull: Mónica Brito Vieira
      – PersonEntity:
          Name:
            NameFull: Filipe Carreira da Silva
      – PersonEntity:
          Name:
            NameFull: Mónica Brito Vieira
    IsPartOfRelationships:
      – BibEntity:
          Dates:
            – D: 01
              M: 01
              Type: published
              Y: 2019
            – D: 15
              M: 06
              Type: profile
              Y: 2019
          Identifiers:
            – Type: isbn-print
              Value: 9780271083421
            – Type: isbn-electronic
              Value: 9780271083896
            – Type: isbn-electronic
              Value: 9780271083919
          Titles:
            – TitleFull: The Politics of the Book : A Study on the Materiality of Ideas
              Type: main
ResultId 1