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Critical theory and the crisis of Contemporary Capitalism
- Title
- Critical theory and the crisis of Contemporary Capitalism / Heiko Feldner, Fabio Vighi.
- Author
- Feldner, Heiko.
- Publication
- New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.
- Supplementary Content
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Vighi, Fabio, 1969-
- Description
- 150 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "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 Žizek. 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"--
- "This Critical Theory and Contemporary Society volume reassesses the economic crisis through Marx's theory of the value-form as the unconscious matrix of modern society"--
- Series Statement
- Critical theory and contemporary society ; 10
- Uniform Title
- Critical theory and contemporary society ; 10.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-144) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Collapse without salvation? -- Homo economicus: Greenspan's misanthropy in context -- Ontology of crisis -- The capitalist discourse: digging its own grave -- Agamben's messianism, or: trouble with the dialectic -- Epilogue: Nothing to be liberated.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-8280
- ISBN
- 9781441189097
- 1441189092
- LCCN
- 2014044109
- OCLC
- 896890216
- Author
- Feldner, Heiko.
- Title
- Critical theory and the crisis of Contemporary Capitalism / Heiko Feldner, Fabio Vighi.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Critical theory and contemporary society ; 10Critical theory and contemporary society ; 10.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-144) and index.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Vighi, Fabio, 1969-
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-8280