{"product_id":"capitalism-and-the-limits-of-john-roberts-9781350214958","title":"Capitalism and the Limits of Desire","description":"\u003cp\u003eAddressing Spinoza's perennial question: \"why do the masses fight for their servitude as if it was salvation?\", \u003ci\u003eCapitalism and the Limits of Desire\u003c\/i\u003e examines the ways in which self-love as the care of the self has become intertwined with self-love as the pursuit of pleasure. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith ongoing austerity and misery for so many, why does capitalism seem to be so insurmountable, so impossible to move beyond? John Roberts offers a compelling response: it is because we love the love of self that capitalism enables, even though it brings anxiety and self-scrutiny. Capitalism in the form of commodities, and, more importantly, the online platforms through which we express ourselves, has become so much of who we are, of how we define self-love as self-pleasure that it is difficult to imagine ourselves outside of it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRoberts contends that disentangling ourselves from this collapsing of self into capitalism is possible and that understanding the insidious nature of capitalist thinking even when it comes to our deepest pleasures is the starting point. Using early and late Marx, Lacan's distinction between pleasure and desire and the recent debate on perfectionism (Hurka) as his guides, Roberts lays out a way for individuals to move forward and forge a link between self and desire outside the oppressive demands of platform capitalism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Roberts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350214957\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350214958\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/09\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.43h x 5.43w x 0.63d","brand":"John Roberts","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48457906094335,"sku":"9781350214958","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_851a3d38-c80a-4ae2-b518-7b2ce36ff636.jpg?v=1777401527","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/capitalism-and-the-limits-of-john-roberts-9781350214958","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}