Confronting the Democratic Discourse of Librarianship: A Marxist Approach

Reference Type Book
Year of Publication
2019
Author
Author: Sam Popowich
Language
Number of Pages
322 pp.
Publisher
Library Juice Press
City
Sacramento, CA
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Region
Chronological Period
ISBN
9781634000871
Annotation

Explores the relationship between libraries and capitalism. 

Contents: 

  • The democratic discourse of librarianship 
  • Vectors of oppression 
  • Liberalism and the enlightenment 
  • Ideology and hegemony in the Marxist tradition 
  • Three hegemonies of library history 
  • The library myth 
  • Truth machines 
  • Dual power and mathesis 
  • Conclusion: lives and time