A Critical Theory Of Economic Compulsion
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A Critical Theory Of Economic Compulsion
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Author : Werner Bonefeld
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023
A Critical Theory Of Economic Compulsion written by Werner Bonefeld and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with Critical theory categories.
"This book explores a variety of interconnected themes central to contemporary Marxist theory and its further development as a critical social theory. Championing the critique of political economy as a critical theory of society and rejecting Marxian economics as a contradiction in terms, it argues instead that economic categories are perverted social categories, before identifying the sheer unrest of life - the struggle to make ends meet - as the negative content of the reified system of economic objectivity. With class struggle recognised as the negative category of the cold society of capitalist wealth, which sees in humanity a living resource for economic progress, the author contends that the critique of class society finds its rational solution in the society of human purposes, that is, the classless society of communist individuals. A theoretically sophisticated engagement with Marxist thought, A Critical Theory of Economic Compulsion will appeal to scholars of social and political theory with interests in critical theory and post-capitalist imaginaries"--
Mute Compulsion
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Author : Søren Mau
language : en
Publisher: Verso Books
Release Date : 2023-01-31
Mute Compulsion written by Søren Mau and has been published by Verso Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-31 with Political Science categories.
Despite insoluble contradictions, intense volatility and fierce resistance, the crisis-ridden capitalism of the 21st century lingers on. To understand capital's paradoxical expansion and entrenchment amidst crisis and unrest, Mute Compulsionoffers a novel theory of the historically unique forms of abstract and impersonal power set in motion by the subjection of social life to the profit imperative. Building on a critical reconstruction of Karl Marx's unfinished critique of political economy and a wide range of contemporary Marxist theory, philosopher Sren Mau sets out to explain how the logic of capital tightens its stranglehold on the life of society by constantly remoulding the material conditions of social reproduction. In the course of doing so, Mau intervenes in classical and contemporary debates about the value form, crisis theory, biopolitics, social reproduction, humanism, logistics, agriculture, metabolism, the body, competition, technology and relative surplus populations.
A Critical Theory Of Economic Compulsion
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Author : Werner Bonefeld
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2023-03-20
A Critical Theory Of Economic Compulsion written by Werner Bonefeld and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-20 with Philosophy categories.
This book explores a variety of interconnected themes central to contemporary Marxist theory and its further development as a critical social theory. Championing the critique of political economy as a critical theory of society and rejecting Marxian economics as a contradiction in terms, it argues instead that economic categories are perverted social categories, before identifying the sheer unrest of life - the struggle to make ends meet - as the negative content of the reified system of economic objectivity. With class struggle recognised as the negative category of the cold society of capitalist wealth, which sees in humanity a living resource for economic progress, the author contends that the critique of class society finds its rational solution in the society of human purposes, that is, the classless society of communist individuals. A theoretically sophisticated engagement with Marxist thought, A Critical Theory of Economic Compulsion will appeal to scholars of social and political theory with interests in critical theory and post-capitalist imaginaries.
The Automatic Fetish
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Author : Beverley Best
language : en
Publisher: Verso Books
Release Date : 2024-05-21
The Automatic Fetish written by Beverley Best and has been published by Verso Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-21 with Political Science categories.
The Automatic Fetish traces Marx's analysis of capital, step by step, through the material compiled posthumously as the third volume of Capital. Identifying the critique of value as the central through line of the entire work, Beverley Best elaborates a theory of movement through which the capital machine generates social forms of appearance as the inversion of its inner operating mechanisms. Neither a return to basics nor a new-fangled reconstruction, The Automatic Fetish eschews novelty to show once again that Marx rewards careful study. - 'If I had to choose one book that would make the case for the relevance of Marx's critique of political economy to the humanities, this might very well be it' Colleen Lye, co-editor of After Marx - 'The contribution of The Automatic Fetish is hard to exaggerate' Nicholas Brown, author of Autonomy - 'Will make a significant contribution to the wider field of materialist theory' Joshua Clover, author of Riot. Strike. Riot - 'In Best's hands, Capital becomes not only fascinating but useful, down to its last detail. Written with clarity, focus, and urgency, Best has "unreconstructed" Marx for our times' Richard Dienst, author of The Bonds of Debt - 'A groundbreaking book' Werner Bonefeld, author of A Critical Theory of Economic Compulsion - 'That rare work of theory whose practical implications just sing out loud . Surely among the most useful books on Capital III ever written' Christopher Nealon, author of The Matter of Capital - 'Brilliant, eloquent, and precise. Best has given us one of the most profound re-readings of Capital to have appeared in a generation and an essential source' Neil Larsen, author of Determinations
Critical Theory And The Critique Of Political Economy
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Author : Werner Bonefeld
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2014-05-08
Critical Theory And The Critique Of Political Economy written by Werner Bonefeld and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-08 with Political Science categories.
Subversive thought is none other than the cunning of reason when confronted with a social reality in which the poor and miserable are required to sustain the illusion of fictitious wealth. Yet, this subsidy is absolutely necessary in existing society, to prevent its implosion. The critique of political economy is a thoroughly subversive business. It rejects the appearance of economic reality as a natural thing, argues that economy has not independent existence, expounds economy as political economy, and rejects as conformist rebellion those anti-capitalist perspectives that derive their rationality from the existing conceptuality of society. Subversion focuses on human conditions. Its critical subject is society unaware of itself. This book develops Marx's critique of political economy as negative theory of society. It does not conform to the patterns of the world and demands that society rids itself of all the muck of ages and founds itself anew.
Capitalism S Future
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2016-05-30
Capitalism S Future written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-30 with Social Science categories.
In Capitalism's Future: Alienation, Emancipation and Critique, sociologists, philosophers and cultural theorists critique economic and political dynamics of contemporary capitalism. An agenda for 21st century critical social theory emerges in conjoined critique of political economyand critique of political psychology.
Critical Theory And Economics
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Author : Robin Maialeh
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2023-03-23
Critical Theory And Economics written by Robin Maialeh and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-23 with Business & Economics categories.
This book expands upon a range of economic insights within the overall context of critical theory, particularly with respect to the question of socioeconomic inequalities, and presents an explanation of how critical theory provides a number of interesting perspectives for economists. Economic agents, deliberately imprisoned in their instrumental rationality as a means to survive under competitive relationships, are microscopic constituents of systemic forces which exist beyond their will. Despite the subjective rationality of such agents in terms of formally logical transitivity and consistency, aggregate market distributional mechanisms also display non-rational patterns. The crucial aspect of the dynamics of this system consists of the paralysing effect of the high level of socioeconomic inequality, which is driven by a permanent struggle for self-preservation under competitive rules; it is a reminiscence of natural, uncivilised relationships that constituted the reproduction process of the whole. These reified agents thus become instruments of their socially constructed powers on the one hand, and objects of their existential conditionality on the other. Hence, the dialectical approach adopted by the author aims to uncover the way in which structurally genetic market forces govern individual behaviour, as well as how individual behaviour shapes these structurally genetic forces, which, together, form the transcending principles of unequal distribution. This book will be of particular interest to scholars of the political economy, philosophy and the methodology of the social sciences, especially those concerned with inequality issues. This book includes a preface written by Professor Martin Jay.
Critical Theory And The Crisis Of Contemporary Capitalism
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Author : Heiko Feldner
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2015-05-14
Critical Theory And The Crisis Of Contemporary Capitalism written by Heiko Feldner and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-14 with Political Science categories.
This volume reassesses the nature of the current global economic crisis and its implication for the 21st century, through the unique lens of Marx's theory of the value-form as the unconscious matrix of modern society. Going beyond orthodox Marxist and postmodernist accounts, the author offers fresh new readings of Marx, Benjamin, Foucault, and Žižek. Here he argues that capitalism has not only entered its greatest crisis since WWII, but has in fact reached its historical limit and is in terminal decline. In this light, the book seeks to answer how a rerun of Keynesian regulations could possibly resolve the crisis. It also inquires as to whether a Green New Deal might succeed when the gap between work to be had and work to be done widens, and what alternatives neo-Marxian approaches offer considering the failure of Marxism in the 20th century. This far-reaching, critical examination of the crisis not only builds on critical theory, but also offers new readings of key theorists that will appeal to anyone interested in political theory, critical theory, and political economy.
Critical Theory And The Critique Of Antisemitism
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Author : Marcel Stoetzler
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2023-11-16
Critical Theory And The Critique Of Antisemitism written by Marcel Stoetzler and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-16 with Philosophy categories.
This volume provides a systematic re-examination of the Frankfurt School's theory of antisemitism and, employing this critical theory, investigates the presence of antisemitism in 20th- and 21st-century politics and society. Critical Theory and the Critique of Antisemitism uncovers how critical theory differs from mainstream socialist or liberal critiques of antisemitism, as it frames its rejection of antisemitism in the critique of other aspects of modern capitalist society, which traditional theories leave unchallenged or critique only in passing. Amongst others, these include issues of identity, nation, race, and sexuality. In exploring the Frankfurt School's writings on antisemitism therefore, the chapters in this book reveal connections to other pressing societal issues, such as racism more broadly, patriarchy, statism, and the societal dynamics of the ever-evolving capitalist mode of production. Putting the theory to practice, this volume brings together interdisciplinary scholars and activists who employ critical theory to scrutinise right- and left-wing manifestations of antisemitism. They develop, in their critique of antisemitism, a critique of capitalism, as the authors ask: why does modern capitalist society seem bound to produce antisemitism? And how do we challenge it? At a time when the rise of populism internationally has brought with it new strains of antisemitism, this is an essential resource that demonstrates the continuing relevance of the critical theory of the Frankfurt School for the struggle against antisemitism today.
Economics The Unified Theory Of Organization
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Author : Walter Block,
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-08-04
Economics The Unified Theory Of Organization written by Walter Block, and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-04 with categories.
Economics: whether one considers it so or not, this concept is the very lifeblood of our world at large, from the most expansive transactions to the most minute interchanges, between conglomerates and nations and between individuals. Behind the veil of the world, the core of economics holds a vast array of thoughts and tenets, with libraries' worth of material and, as one can surmise, much of these thoughts clash between the realms of varied schools of thought. A myriad of these schools reach-- some components to great degrees of accuracy, while other components miss their mark; many others still reach conclusions so esoteric as to lose any and all applicability to the very world we are meant to describe. Few, if any however, have conceived of a true, full picture of the mechanisms underlying economic activity, beyond the massive figures of aggregates and the sometimes even superficial statements of individuals. This is not for lack of trying; after all, that is the entire goal of the endeavor of such thought. With this in mind, it becomes quite evident that these marks missed signify a gap in conceptual thought wherein, intentionally, or otherwise, the true components of economics are simply not considered. The core of this gap is not only purposeful human action but firm organization, wherein if economics were the lifeblood, they together would be a fundamental cell, critical for function. Indeed, the ordinal desires of specific ends propagate and are the necessities of transaction and organization, and to this end economics must not only be connected to, but inseparable from, the considerations of ethics. Further still, one cannot possibly consider ethics without the consideration of the stifling and destruction of human action, versus its promotion and growth. On this matter, the considered, "lofty" and, "idealistic" concepts of liberty and non-monopolistic organization reveals themselves as rather integral to the aim of pragmatic analysis and practice of economics. Likewise, the organization of firms and consumers necessarily build upon this, the structures of which dictate specific features for optimal function; the unilateral and asymmetric mechanisms we find most prevalent today counterpose this in an attempt to force prosperity and force growth by dictating reduction and proliferating atrophy. This can be clearly seen from the simple, yet staggering inefficacies of the grand monopolies of this age, to the asymmetric nature of involuntary resource acquisition and the economic mal actions of war. The concept is precisely clear: the monopolistic prescription of activity is not merely ineffective in the context of human organization, but unethical on the grounds of human action; the foundational principles and practice of central planning fail at the very goal it seeks to optimize, and it fails quite spectacularly at it. To effectively describe and communicate the components of organization as we know it, a new description is necessary, one that accurately illustrates the elements underlying our interactions: the foundations of human action, social organization, liberty, justice, ethics, and the fallacies of past and current economic portrayal and practice. What we need is, in fact, a true Unified Theory of Organization, capable of conveying these components and their inextricable interactions. To this end, this treatise is the answer to the ineffable gap in thought that presides over economics. With its tenets, we can march towards a more rational, more ethical, more prosperous, and more free future, and hope that one day a fundamental truth is realized: they are all one and the same.Duane L. Grant, B.S.