Critiquing Capitalism Today: New Ways To Read Marx (marx, Engels, And Marxisms)
by Frederick Harry Pitts /
2017 / English / PDF
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This book critically introduces and compares two of the most
compelling contemporary schools of Marxist thought: the German
This book critically introduces and compares two of the most
compelling contemporary schools of Marxist thought: the GermanNeue Marx-Lekture
Neue Marx-Lekture, or New Reading of Marx, and Italian
postoperaismo. In so doing, it radically updates our
understanding of the key categories of Marx’s critique of
political economy- including value, money, labour, class and
crisis- in light of new and exciting theoretical developments.
The New Reading of Marx reevaluates Marx’s
, or New Reading of Marx, and Italian
postoperaismo. In so doing, it radically updates our
understanding of the key categories of Marx’s critique of
political economy- including value, money, labour, class and
crisis- in light of new and exciting theoretical developments.
The New Reading of Marx reevaluates Marx’sCapital
Capital in the
shadow of the first-generation Frankfurt School, finding an
increasing uptake in the Anglophone world. Postoperaismo
reconceptualises Marx’s work in the wake of the
in the
shadow of the first-generation Frankfurt School, finding an
increasing uptake in the Anglophone world. Postoperaismo
reconceptualises Marx’s work in the wake of theGrundrisse
Grundrisse, its theories of immaterial labour and
capitalist crisis finding growing favour beyond the radical
fringe via recent bestsellers like Paul Mason’s
, its theories of immaterial labour and
capitalist crisis finding growing favour beyond the radical
fringe via recent bestsellers like Paul Mason’sPostcapitalism
Postcapitalism. Drawing on the first to engage in a
pathbreaking critique of the second at a time of peak interest in
its optimistic prospectus, the book brings into critical dialogue
important modern thinkers such as Michael Heinrich, Werner
Bonefeld, and Antonio Negri. In so doing,
. Drawing on the first to engage in a
pathbreaking critique of the second at a time of peak interest in
its optimistic prospectus, the book brings into critical dialogue
important modern thinkers such as Michael Heinrich, Werner
Bonefeld, and Antonio Negri. In so doing,Critiquing
Capitalism Today
Critiquing
Capitalism Today serves as both an introduction to each of
these radical reinterpretations of Marx’s critique of political
economy, and a contribution to continuing debates within and
between these and other strands of contemporary Marxism.
Advancing knowledge in the field by bridging recent
scholarship with older material, including the works of Marx
himself, Theodor Adorno and Alfred Sohn-Rethel, it relates
theoretical disputes with their historical context in capitalist
society itself, keeping an empirical focus that clarifies complex
conceptual material for readers new to these cutting-edge
currents of critical thought.
serves as both an introduction to each of
these radical reinterpretations of Marx’s critique of political
economy, and a contribution to continuing debates within and
between these and other strands of contemporary Marxism.
Advancing knowledge in the field by bridging recent
scholarship with older material, including the works of Marx
himself, Theodor Adorno and Alfred Sohn-Rethel, it relates
theoretical disputes with their historical context in capitalist
society itself, keeping an empirical focus that clarifies complex
conceptual material for readers new to these cutting-edge
currents of critical thought.
