Mute Compulsion - A Marxist Theory of the Economic Power of Capital

Despite insoluble contradictions, intense volatility and fierce resistance, the crisis-ridden capitalism of the 21st century lingers on. To understand capital's paradoxical expansion and entrenchment amidst crisis and unrest, Mute Compulsionoffers a novel theory of the historically unique forms of abstract and impersonal power set in motion by the subjection of social life to the profit imperative. Building on a critical reconstruction of Karl Marx's unfinished critique of political economy and a wide range of contemporary Marxist theory, philosopher Soren Mau sets out to explain how the logic of capital tightens its stranglehold on the life of society by constantly remoulding the material conditions of social reproduction. In the course of doing so, Mau intervenes in classical and contemporary debates about the value form, crisis theory, biopolitics, social reproduction, humanism, logistics, agriculture, metabolism, the body, competition, technology and relative surplus populations.

Product details

• Authors: Søren Mau, Soren Mau, Søren Mau, Sren Mau
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.11.2022
• EAN: 9781839763465
• ISBN: 978-1-83976-346-5
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 233 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Economic theory & philosophy, Political Economy, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Marxism & Communism, Economic theory and philosophy