SÃ ren Mau

Mute Compulsion

A Marxist Theory of the Economic Power of Capital

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Produktbeschreibung

A new Marxist theory of the abstract and impersonal forms of power in capitalism

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Verso / Verso UK
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 8563
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 156mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 389g
• ISBN-13: 9781839763465
• ISBN-10: 1839763469
• Artikelnr.: 63597718

Autorenporträt

Søren Mau is a communist philosopher and postdoctoral researcher based in Copenhagen, Denmark. He is an editor of the journal Historical Materialism and a member of the board of the Danish Society for Marxist Studies.

Rezensionen

Not a day goes by without a question imposing itself on the minimally sane mind: how can all this shit around us just go on? In this masterful study, Søren Mau methodically drills into the core of the matter: the deeply entrenched power of some people over others, and of capital over everyone. It is this power that drives the disasters of our time, and it is a specific form of power, one rooted in the most basal layers of existence-the economy, where human bodies are (supposed to be) sustained. Written with verve and clarity, analytically sharp and dialectically shrewd in equal measure, Mute Compulsion reinvigorates historical materialism for the mid-twenty-first century. Through close readings of Marx and critical dialogues with contemporary theory, it throws up fresh insights for a new generation of Marxists, as well as for long-time connoisseurs. A big red book to cherish. Andreas Malm, author of Fossil Capital (Verso, 2016), The Progress of this Storm (2018) and How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2021).