Critical Theory And The Crisis Of Contemporary Capitalism (critical Theory And Contemporary Society)
by Heiko Feldner /
2015 / English / PDF
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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.
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.
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.
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.
