Manorial Capitalism, Enslavement, and the Logic of Dividuation

Offering a detailed analysis of the essential role enslavement played in the success of the British and American capitalism, Manorial Capitalism, Enslavement, and the Logic of Dividuation describes the logic of dividuation, a logic that veils its motives and practices with ever cleverer myths.

List of contents

Introduction Part I Manorial Capitalism Chapter 1: The Paternal Figure (or Father Complex) as the Site of Power Relations Chapter 2: Incorporation into the Political Economy Canon Part II Enslavement Chapter 3: Exploitation as the Constitutive Feature of Capitalism Chapter 4: The Afterlives of American Enslavement Part IIIThe Logic of Dividuation Chapter 5 The Dividual, the Individual, and the Loss of Social Fabric Chapter 6 The Fractured Human Being By Way of Concluding

About the author

Raphael Sassower is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. He is the author of several books, most recently, The Specter of Hypocrisy (2020) and The Quest for Prosperity: Reframing Political Economy (2017).

Summary

Offering a detailed analysis of the essential role enslavement played in the success of the British and American capitalism, Manorial Capitalism, Enslavement, and the Logic of Dividuation describes the logic of dividuation, a logic that veils its motives and practices with ever cleverer myths.

Product details

• Authors: Raphael Sassower, Sassower Raphael
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2025
• EAN: 9781032752648
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3275264-8
• No. of pages: 278
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Capitalism, Colonialism & imperialism, Colonialism and imperialism, Slavery & abolition of slavery, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Slavery and abolition of slavery, Racism;Manorial Capitalism;Colonialism