Mathieu Hikaru Desan
Biographic Data
| ID | 272178 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mathieu Hikaru Desan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mathieu Hikaru |
| FAMILY NAME | Desan |
| SIGNATURE | DESAN M H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0847-7527 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Realist and Historicist Modes of Critique in Critical Sociology
There are two distinct modes of critique operative in Bourdieu's 'critical sociology'. Bourdieu sometimes engages in what I call the realist mode of critique. This is premised on the idea that naïve experience of the social world dissimulates real relations of domination, which critique then reveals. At other times, Bourdieu engages in what I call the historicist mode of critique, which denaturalizes the doxic experience of the social order by de…
The Problem of Class Abstractionism
With renewed interest in Marxism, class is back on the intellectual agenda. But so too is the familiar charge of 'class reductionism.' This charge conflates two distinct claims regarding what we term the structural and political primacy of class. Structural primacy refers to the determinant role of class in social explanation, whereas political primacy refers to its centrality in radical politics. Crossing these distinct claims, we identify four …
Karl Polanyis Faschismustheorie
The Invention of Neo-Socialism: The Dynamics of Schism and Doctrinal Distinction in the French Socialist Party
What is the relationship between schism and political identity? Existing scholarship has tended to focus on the determinants of schism while treating the ideational basis on which schisms are made as largely fixed. In this paper, I develop a new interpretation of the 1933 'neo-socialist schism' within the French Socialist Party to highlight how new political identities can be constituted in and through the process of schism itself. The 1933 schis…
Young Durkheimians and the temptation of fascism: The case of Marcel Déat
In this article we assess the general claim that Durkheimian sociology has reactionary, fascist, or totalitarian affinities, and the specific claim that Marcel Déat’s Durkheimian background was a significant factor in his becoming a Nazi sympathizer. We do so by comparing the different trajectories of the interwar generation of young Durkheimians and find that only one, i.e. Déat, can be said to have become fascist. Indeed, what characterizes thi…
Bankrupted Detroit
The recent declaration of the largest municipal bankruptcy in US history has propelled Detroit's plight into the international spotlight. Though a victim of the general decline of US manufacturing, drawing on Thomas Sugrue's pioneering work I argue that Detroit's crisis is better understood as a specifically urban crisis. The city's concentrated poverty and desolation and its fiscal straits are not reducible to broader economic trends, nor are th…
Bourdieu's legacy
Bourdieu, Marx, and Capital: A Critique of the Extension Model
It has been claimed that in extending its critical problematic to the cultural sphere, Pierre Bourdieu transcends the economism of Marx's concept of capital. I argue that this claim must be rejected. First, I show that Marx's concept of capital was not economistic. Second, I trace Bourdieu's changing understanding of capital, showing how it became less compatible with Marx's over time. Third, I point out ambiguities in Bourdieu's concept of capit…
Bourdieu, Marx, and Capital: A Critique of the Extension Model
It has been claimed that in extending its critical problematic to the cultural sphere, Pierre Bourdieu transcends the economism of Marx's concept of capital. I argue that this claim must be rejected. First, I show that Marx's concept of capital was not economistic. Second, I trace Bourdieu's changing understanding of capital, showing how it became less compatible with Marx's over time. Third, I point out ambiguities in Bourdieu's concept of capit…
The Problem of Class Abstractionism
With renewed interest in Marxism, class is back on the intellectual agenda. But so too is the familiar charge of 'class reductionism.' This charge conflates two distinct claims regarding what we term the structural and political primacy of class. Structural primacy refers to the determinant role of class in social explanation, whereas political primacy refers to its centrality in radical politics. Crossing these distinct claims, we identify four …
Realist and Historicist Modes of Critique in Critical Sociology
There are two distinct modes of critique operative in Bourdieu's 'critical sociology'. Bourdieu sometimes engages in what I call the realist mode of critique. This is premised on the idea that naïve experience of the social world dissimulates real relations of domination, which critique then reveals. At other times, Bourdieu engages in what I call the historicist mode of critique, which denaturalizes the doxic experience of the social order by de…
Young Durkheimians and the temptation of fascism: The case of Marcel Déat
In this article we assess the general claim that Durkheimian sociology has reactionary, fascist, or totalitarian affinities, and the specific claim that Marcel Déat’s Durkheimian background was a significant factor in his becoming a Nazi sympathizer. We do so by comparing the different trajectories of the interwar generation of young Durkheimians and find that only one, i.e. Déat, can be said to have become fascist. Indeed, what characterizes thi…
Bankrupted Detroit
The recent declaration of the largest municipal bankruptcy in US history has propelled Detroit's plight into the international spotlight. Though a victim of the general decline of US manufacturing, drawing on Thomas Sugrue's pioneering work I argue that Detroit's crisis is better understood as a specifically urban crisis. The city's concentrated poverty and desolation and its fiscal straits are not reducible to broader economic trends, nor are th…
The Invention of Neo-Socialism: The Dynamics of Schism and Doctrinal Distinction in the French Socialist Party
What is the relationship between schism and political identity? Existing scholarship has tended to focus on the determinants of schism while treating the ideational basis on which schisms are made as largely fixed. In this paper, I develop a new interpretation of the 1933 'neo-socialist schism' within the French Socialist Party to highlight how new political identities can be constituted in and through the process of schism itself. The 1933 schis…
Bourdieu's legacy
Bourdieu, Marx, and Capital: A Critique of the Extension Model
It has been claimed that in extending its critical problematic to the cultural sphere, Pierre Bourdieu transcends the economism of Marx's concept of capital. I argue that this claim must be rejected. First, I show that Marx's concept of capital was not economistic. Second, I trace Bourdieu's changing understanding of capital, showing how it became less compatible with Marx's over time. Third, I point out ambiguities in Bourdieu's concept of capit…
Bankrupted Detroit
The recent declaration of the largest municipal bankruptcy in US history has propelled Detroit's plight into the international spotlight. Though a victim of the general decline of US manufacturing, drawing on Thomas Sugrue's pioneering work I argue that Detroit's crisis is better understood as a specifically urban crisis. The city's concentrated poverty and desolation and its fiscal straits are not reducible to broader economic trends, nor are th…
Young Durkheimians and the temptation of fascism: The case of Marcel Déat
In this article we assess the general claim that Durkheimian sociology has reactionary, fascist, or totalitarian affinities, and the specific claim that Marcel Déat’s Durkheimian background was a significant factor in his becoming a Nazi sympathizer. We do so by comparing the different trajectories of the interwar generation of young Durkheimians and find that only one, i.e. Déat, can be said to have become fascist. Indeed, what characterizes thi…
Karl Polanyis Faschismustheorie
The Invention of Neo-Socialism: The Dynamics of Schism and Doctrinal Distinction in the French Socialist Party
What is the relationship between schism and political identity? Existing scholarship has tended to focus on the determinants of schism while treating the ideational basis on which schisms are made as largely fixed. In this paper, I develop a new interpretation of the 1933 'neo-socialist schism' within the French Socialist Party to highlight how new political identities can be constituted in and through the process of schism itself. The 1933 schis…
Realist and Historicist Modes of Critique in Critical Sociology
There are two distinct modes of critique operative in Bourdieu's 'critical sociology'. Bourdieu sometimes engages in what I call the realist mode of critique. This is premised on the idea that naïve experience of the social world dissimulates real relations of domination, which critique then reveals. At other times, Bourdieu engages in what I call the historicist mode of critique, which denaturalizes the doxic experience of the social order by de…
The Problem of Class Abstractionism
With renewed interest in Marxism, class is back on the intellectual agenda. But so too is the familiar charge of 'class reductionism.' This charge conflates two distinct claims regarding what we term the structural and political primacy of class. Structural primacy refers to the determinant role of class in social explanation, whereas political primacy refers to its centrality in radical politics. Crossing these distinct claims, we identify four …
Sociology (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Social and Cultural Dynamics (3 works) · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (2 works) · Cultural Industries and Urban Development (2 works)