Description
| Product ID: | 9781781681602 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Willing Slaves of Capital |
| Subtitle: | Spinoza and Marx on Desire |
| Authors: | Author: Frederic Lordon, Gabriel Ash |
| Page Count: | 224 |
| Subjects: | Social and political philosophy, Social & political philosophy, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Marxism & Communism |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Bringing Marx and Spinoza to bear on work, employment and capitalism. Why do people work for other people? This seemingly naïve question is at the heart of Lordon''s argument. To complement Marx''s partial answers, especially in the face of the disconcerting spectacle of the engaged, enthusiastic employee, Lordon brings to bear a "Spinozist anthropology" that reveals the fundamental role of affects and passions in the employment relationship, reconceptualizing capitalist exploitation as the capture and remolding of desire. A thoroughly materialist reading of Spinoza''s Ethics allows Lordon to debunk all notions of individual autonomy and self-determination while simultaneously saving the ideas of political freedom and liberation from capitalist exploitation. Willing Slaves of Capital is a bold proposal to rethink capitalism and its transcendence on the basis of the contemporary experience of work. |
| Imprint Name: | Verso Books |
| Publisher Name: | Verso Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2014-06-03 |
