Deleuze, Marx And Politics (routledge Studies In Social And Political Thought)

This book explores the core categories of communism and capital in conjunction with a wealth of contemporary and historical political concepts and movements - from the lumpenproletariat and anarchism, to Italian autonomia and Antonia Negri, immaterial labour and the refusal of work. Drawing on literary figures such as Kafka and Beckett, Deleuze, Marx and Politics develops a politics that breaks with the dominant frameworks of post-Marxism and one-dimensional models of resistance toward a concern with the inventions, styles and knowledges that emerge through minority engagement with social flows and networks.

A critical and provocative exploration of the political, conceptual and cultural points of resonance between Deleuze's minor politics and Marx's critique of capitalist dynamics, engaging with Deleuze's missing work, The Grandeur of Marx.
This book explores the core categories of communism and capital in conjunction with a wealth of contemporary and historical political concepts and movements - from the lumpenproletariat and anarchism, to Italian autonomia and Antonio Negri, immaterial labour and the refusal of work. This book will serve as an introduction to Deleuze's politics and the contemporary vitality of Marx for students and will challenge scholars in the fields of social and political theory, sociology and cultural studies.

This is a critical and provocative exploration of the political, conceptual and cultural points of resonance between Deleuze's minor politics and Marx's critique of capitalist dynamics. The book engages with Deleuze's missing work, "The Grandeur of Marx" and, following Deleuze's call for an interpretation that draws new relations and connections, it explores the core categories of communism and capital in conjunction with a wealth of contemporary and historical political concepts and movements - from the lumpenproletariat and anarchism, to Italian autonomia and Antonia Negri, immaterial labour and the refusal of work "A critical and provocative exploration of the political, conceptual and cultural points of resonance between Deleuze's minor politics and Marx's critique of capitalist dynamics, Deleuze, Marx and Politics is the first book to engage with Deleuze's missing work, The Grandeur of Marx. This book will serve as an introduction to Deleuze's politics and the contemporary vitality of Marx for students and will challenge scholars in the fields of social and political theory, sociology and cultural studies."--Jacket Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 Acknowledgements......Page 12 List of abbreviations......Page 14 Introduction: the grandeur of Marx......Page 16 Minor politics: the styles of cramped creation......Page 30 The lumpenproletariat and the proletarian unnamable......Page 62 The social factory: machines, work, control......Page 84 The refusal of work......Page 118 Conclusion: the strange joy of politics......Page 154 Notes......Page 164 Bibliography......Page 196 Index......Page 214 Education, Politics & IR, Sociology & Social Policy Book Cover 1 Title 4 Contents 5 Acknowledgements 12 List of abbreviations 14 Introduction: the grandeur of Marx 16 Minor politics: the styles of cramped creation 30 The lumpenproletariat and the proletarian unnamable 62 The social factory: machines, work, control 84 The refusal of work 118 Conclusion: the strange joy of politics 154 Notes 164 Bibliography 196 Index 214 A critical and provocative exploration of the political, conceptual and cultural points in Deleuze's minor politics and Marx's critique of capitalist dynamics, engaging with Deleuze's missing work The Grandeur of Marx