The Micro-politics Of Capital: Marx And The Prehistory Of The Present Project Muse Upcc Books

What is the relation between the economy, or the mode of production, and culture, beliefs, and desires? How is it possible to think of these relations without reducing one to the other, or effacing one for the sake of the other? To answer these questions, The Micro-Politics of Capital re-reads Marx in light of the contemporary critical interrogations of subjectivity in the works of Althusser, Deleuze, Guattari, Foucault, and Negri. Jason Read suggests that what characterizes contemporary capitalism is the intimate intersection of the production of commodities with the production of desire, beliefs, and knowledge. The Micro-politics Of Capital Re-reads Marx In Light Of The Contemporary Critical Interrogations Of Subjectivity In The Works Of Althusser, Deleuze, Guattari, Foucault, And Negri. Jason Read Suggests That What Characterizes Contemporary Capitalism Is The Intimate Intersection Of The Production Of Commodities With The Production Of Desire, Beliefs, And Knowledge.--book Jacket. Introduction: There Is No Time Like The Present. -- The Use And Disadvantage Of Prehistory For Life: Marx's Pre-capitalist Economic Formations And The Constitution Of The Subject Of Labor. -- What Is Living And What Is Dead In The Philosophy Of Karl Marx: The Politics And Ontology Of Living Labor. -- The Real Subsumption Of Subjectivity By Capital. Jason Read. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 163-208) And Index.

The Micro-Politics of Capital re-reads Marx in light of the contemporary critical interrogations of subjectivity in the works of Althusser, Deleuze, Guattari, Foucault, and Negri. Jason Read suggests that what characterizes contemporary capitalism is the intimate intersection of the production of commodities with the production of desire, beliefs, and knowledge.

State University of New York Press ISBN-13:,9780791458433