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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Critical theory and contemporary society ; 10
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Critical theory and contemporary society ; 10.
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"This volume reassesses the nature of the current global economic crisis and its implication for the 21st century, through the unique lens of Marx's theory of the value-form as the unconscious matrix of modern society.Going beyond orthodox Marxist and postmodernist accounts, the author offers fresh new readings of Marx, Benjamin, Foucault, and Žizek. Here he argues that capitalism has not only entered its greatest crisis since WWII, but has in fact reached its historical limit and is in terminal decline. In this light, the book seeks to answer how a rerun of Keynesian regulations could possibly resolve the crisis. It also inquires as to whether a Green New Deal might succeed when the gap between work to be had and work to be done widens, and what alternatives neo-Marxian approaches offer considering the failure of Marxism in the 20th century.This far-reaching, critical examination of the crisis not only builds on critical theory, but also offers new readings of key theorists that will appeal to anyone interested in political theory, critical theory, and political economy"-- Provided by publisher. |
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"This Critical Theory and Contemporary Society volume reassesses the economic crisis through Marx's theory of the value-form as the unconscious matrix of modern society"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Collapse without salvation? -- Bankomania -- Sovereign debt -- What distinguishes the current crisis from its predecessors? -- Between monetary hygiene and Keynesian hydraulics: The value of Marx -- Are we growing yet? -- Reloading Marx? -- Chapter 2 Homo economicus: Greenspan's misanthropy in context -- The anthropological turn -- Homo economicus -- 'So beautiful a machine' -- Chapter 3 Ontology of crisis -- Slavoj Žižek and the ontological 'crack' within German idealism -- A signifier is missing: Lack in Lacan. |
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From master-signifier to objet a, and back -- Chapter 4 The Capitalist discourse: Digging its own grave -- The Real of the discourses -- Goal and aim of the capitalist drive -- The ambiguity of enjoyment -- Work's jouissance -- A myth called progress -- The surplus of surplus-value: Lacan and Marx -- Crisis and human surplus -- Chapter 5 Agamben's messianism, or: Trouble with the dialectic -- Lack and plenitude in Agamben -- Agamben with critical theory -- The aporia of experience -- The form-of-language -- Messianism revealed -- Epilogue: Nothing to be liberated -- References -- Index. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Capitalism -- History -- 21st century.
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Capitalism. |
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History. |
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21st century |
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Economic policy -- 21st century.
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Economic policy. |
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Marxian economics.
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Marxian economics. |
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Critical theory.
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Critical theory. |
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2000-2099 |
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History.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Vighi, Fabio, 1969-
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Print version: Feldner, Heiko. Critical theory and the crisis of Contemporary Capitalism 9781441189097 (DLC) 2014044109 (OCoLC)896890216 |
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9781441137845 electronic book |
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144113784X electronic book |
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9781441189097 |
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1441189092 |
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9781441169631 |
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1441169636 |
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9781501302091 (e-book) |
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1501302094 |
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