A Political Economy of the Senses: Neoliberalism, Reification, Critique (New Directions in Critical Theory Book 2)

Anita Chari revives the concept of reification from Marx and the Frankfurt School to spotlight the resistance to neoliberal capitalism now forming at the level of political economy and at the more sensate, experiential level of subjective transformation. Reading art by Oliver Ressler, Zanny Begg, Claire Fontaine, Jason Lazarus, and Mika Rottenberg, as well as the politics of Occupy Wall Street, Chari identifies practices through which artists and activists have challenged neoliberalism's social and political logics, exposing its inherent tensions and contradictions. Revives The Concept Of Reification From Marx And The Frankfurt School To Spotlight Resistance To Neoliberal Capitalism, Identifying Practices Used By Artists And Activists To Challenge Neoliberalism. Neoliberal Symptoms : The Impasse Between Economics And Politics In Contemporary Political Theory -- Neoliberalism And Normative Ambivalence : Third-generation Critical Theory And The Fetish Of Intersubjectivity -- Alienation And Depoliticization : Rejoining Radical Democracy With The Critique Of Capitalism -- Lukács's Turn To A Political Economy Of The Senses -- The Reversibility Of Reification : Adorno From The Aesthetic To The Social -- Defetishizing Fetishes : Art And The Critique Of Capital In Neoliberal Society -- Occupy Wall Street : Challenging Neoliberal Reification. Anita Chari. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Acknowledgments Introduction: Toward the Materialization of Critique Part I. Neoliberal Symptoms 1. Neoliberal Symptoms: The Impasse Between Economics and Politics in Contemporary Political Theory 2. Neoliberalism and Normative Ambivalence: Third-Generation Critical Theory and the Fetish of Intersubjectivity Part II. The Critique of Reification 3. Alienation and Depoliticization: Rejoining Radical Democracy with the Critique of Capitalism 4. Lukacs's Turn to a Political Economy of the Senses 5. The Reversibility of Reification: Adorno from the Aesthetic to the Social Part III. A Political Economy of the Senses 6. Defetishizing Fetishes: Art and the Critique of Capital in Neoliberal Society 7. Occupy Wall Street: Challenging Neoliberal Reification Notes Bibliography Index "Anita Chari revives the key concept of reification from Marx and the Frankfurt School to spotlight the resistance to neoliberal capitalism now forming at the level of political economy and the more sensate, experiential level of subjective transformation. Reading art by Oliver Ressler, Zanny Begg, Claire Fontaine, Jason Lazarus, and Mika Rottenberg, as well as the politics of Occupy Wall Street, Chari identifies practices through which artists and activists have challenged neoliberalism's social and political logics. By positioning the subject in uncomfortable or impossible locations of desire, practical orientation, and observation, such practices expose neoliberal capitalism's inherent tensions and contradictions."--Provided by publisher Anita Chari revives the key concept of reification from Marx and the Frankfurt School to spotlight the resistance to neoliberal capitalism now forming at the level of political economy and the more sensate, experiential level of subjective transformation. Reading art by Oliver Ressler, Zanny Begg, Claire Fontaine, Jason Lazarus, and Mika Rottenberg, as well as the politics of Occupy Wall Street, Chari identifies practices through which artists and activists have challenged neoliberalisms social and political logics.--Résumé de l'éditeur. Anita Chari is assistant professor of political science at the University of Oregon, where she teaches courses in social and political philosophy. In addition to her work as a critical theorist, she is a creative writer, composer, and musician. PHI040000,Philosophy/Movements/Critical Theory,ART037000,Art/Art & Politics