Capitalist Schema - Time, Money, and the Culture of Abstraction

Informationen zum Autor Christian Lotz is associate professor of philosophy at Michigan State University. Klappentext The Capitalist Schema uses marxist philosophy to explain how money frames all social relations in our capitalist world and how money regulates and conditions social references to past and future social life. Consequently, modern life becomes ever more abstract and leveled, and all human desire becomes channeled towards profit and making money. Zusammenfassung The Capitalist Schema uses marxist philosophy to explain how money frames all social relations in our capitalist world and how money regulates and conditions social references to past and future social life. Consequently! modern life becomes ever more abstract and leveled! and all human desire becomes channeled towards profit and making money. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1. The Capitalist Schema Chapter 2. The Capitalist Thing Chapter 3. Money Chapter 4. The Temporality of Money Chapter 5. The Abstractions of Money Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Christian Lotz
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2016
• EAN: 9781498504621
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-0462-1
• No. of pages: 191
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Political Economy, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Marxism & Communism