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The Social Ontology of Capitalism
. Ed(S): Krier, Dan; Worrell, Mark P.
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Hardback. Editor(s): Krier, Dan; Worrell, Mark P. Series: Political Philosophy and Public Purpose. Num Pages: 300 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; KCA; KCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 544.
This book addresses core questions about the nature and structure of contemporary capitalism and the social dynamics and countervailing forces that shape modern life. From a robust and self-consciously sociological framework, it analyzes and interrogates such issues as the nature of the social, the power of the sacred, the nature of authority, the problem of representation, reification, alienation, utopia, and collective resistance. Historical materialism reveals that the scope of productive functions is broader than the crude realism of economism. Marx’s critical theory of the commodity and his analysis of the capitalist regime of accumulation remain as vital as ever and ... Read more
This book addresses core questions about the nature and structure of contemporary capitalism and the social dynamics and countervailing forces that shape modern life. From a robust and self-consciously sociological framework, it analyzes and interrogates such issues as the nature of the social, the power of the sacred, the nature of authority, the problem of representation, reification, alienation, utopia, and collective resistance. Historical materialism reveals that the scope of productive functions is broader than the crude realism of economism. Marx’s critical theory of the commodity and his analysis of the capitalist regime of accumulation remain as vital as ever and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Series
Political Philosophy and Public Purpose
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349950614
SKU
V9781349950614
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About . Ed(S): Krier, Dan; Worrell, Mark P.
Dan Krier is Associate Professor of Sociology at Iowa State University, USA. He is the author of Speculative Management: Stock Market Power and Corporate Change (2005), NASCAR, Sturgis and the New Economy of Spectacle (with Bill Swart, 2016), the editor of Capitalism’s Future: Alienation, Emancipation and Critique (with Mark P. Worrell, 2016) and has published academic articles in the American ... Read more
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