Twenty-First-Century Capital - Critical Post-Soviet Marxist Reflections

This attempt at a 'Capital for the 21st century' asks how commodities, money and capital have changed. Combining Soviet and post-Soviet critical Marxism with Western Marxism and political economy with culture and theorizes knowledge and information commodification; simulacra markets; financialization; creative work; and market fundamentalism.

About the author

Aleksandr Buzgalin is Professor at the department of Political Economy and Director of the Center for Modern Marxist Studies at Lomonosov Moscow State University

Andrey Kolganov is Professor at the Lomonosov Moscow State University and Principal Researcher at the Russian Academy of Sciences

Summary

This attempt at a ‘Capital for the 21st century’ asks how commodities, money and capital have changed. Combining Soviet and post-Soviet critical Marxism with Western Marxism and political economy with culture and theorizes knowledge and information commodification; simulacra markets; financialization; creative work; and market fundamentalism. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Aleksander Buzgalin, Aleksander Kolganov Buzgalin, Alexander Buzgalin, Alexander Kolganov Buzgalin, Andrey Kolganov
• Assisted by: Renfrey Clarke (Translation)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9781526131454
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-3145-4
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Geopolitical Economy
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education