Capitalism: A Conversation in Critical Theory

Capitalism: A Conversation in Critical Theory

In this important new book, Nancy Fraser and Rahel Jaeggi take a fresh look at the big questions surrounding the peculiar social form known as â€œcapitalism,â€ upending many of our commonly held assumptions about what capitalism is and how to subject it to critique. They show how, throughout its history, various regimes of capitalism have relied on a series of institutional separations between economy and polity, production and social reproduction, and human and non-human nature, periodically readjusting the boundaries between these domains in response to crises and upheavals. They consider how these â€œboundary strugglesâ€ offer a key to understanding capitalismâ€™s contradictions and the multiple forms of conflict to which it gives rise.

What emerges is a renewed crisis critique of capitalism which puts our present conjuncture into broader perspective, along with sharp diagnoses of the recent resurgence of right-wing populism and what would be required of a viable Left alternative. This major new book by two leading critical theorists will be of great interest to anyone concerned with the nature and future of capitalism and with the key questions of progressive politics today.
Country USA
Brand Polity
Manufacturer Polity
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780745671574
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780745671574
ReleaseDate 2018-07-23

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