{"product_id":"mute-compulsion-sren-mau-9781839763465","title":"Mute Compulsion: A Marxist Theory of the Economic Power of Capital","description":"\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Deutscher Memorial Prize \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA new Marxist theory of the abstract and impersonal forms of power in capitalism \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDespite insoluble contradictions, intense volatility and fierce resistance, the crisis-ridden capitalism of the 21st century lingers on. To understand capital's paradoxical expansion and entrenchment amidst crisis and unrest, \u003ci\u003eMute Compulsion\u003c\/i\u003e offers a novel theory of the historically unique forms of abstract and impersonal power set in motion by the subjection of social life to the profit imperative. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBuilding on a critical reconstruction of Karl Marx's unfinished critique of political economy and a wide range of contemporary Marxist theory, philosopher S ren Mau sets out to explain how the logic of capital tightens its stranglehold on the life of society by constantly remoulding the material conditions of social reproduction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the course of doing so, Mau intervenes in classical and contemporary debates about the value form, crisis theory, biopolitics, social reproduction, humanism, logistics, agriculture, metabolism, the body, competition, technology and relative surplus populations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sen Mau\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1839763469\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781839763465\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/31\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Sen Mau","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44073319596287,"sku":"9781839763465","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_99bcacd5-17e6-414f-a20c-33c286162241.jpg?v=1685447134","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mute-compulsion-sren-mau-9781839763465","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}