{"product_id":"market-and-violence-heide-gerstenberger-9781642599909","title":"Market and Violence: The Functioning of Capitalism in History","description":"\u003cp\u003eDespite their many disagreements when it comes to the subject of capitalism, Marxist and market-liberal perspectives seem to agree about one thing: the economic structures of capitalist market society have made direct violence against the person not only superfluous, but economically counterproductive. Heide Gerstenberger's \u003cem\u003eMarket and Violence\u003c\/em\u003e does not contest the thesis that there has been, in many places, a decline in the use of violence in the pursuit of profit. But it demolishes the assumption that this can be put down to the evolution of economic rationality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy means of a deep engagement with the concrete historical reality of capitalist economies, Gerstenberger establishes that, wherever capitalism has been tamed, this has been achieved only by a combination of energetic social contestation and political intervention. First published in German in 2018, the present English-language edition makes a sweeping history of capitalist violence by one of the preeminent theorists of capitalist society working today available to a wider readership.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2023 Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Memorial Prize.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Heide Gerstenberger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1642599905\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781642599909\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Haymarket Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/12\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 756\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.51d","brand":"Heide Gerstenberger","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44450088321279,"sku":"9781642599909","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_388b6604-f272-4afb-93b3-d878e6d30c87.jpg?v=1698502706","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/market-and-violence-heide-gerstenberger-9781642599909","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}