Capitalism by Nancy Fraser - ISBN: 9780745671574
Paperback
“In this new book, leading critical theorists Nancy Fraser and Rahel Jaeggi develop a new theory of the history and nature of capitalism, drawing out its implications for how we criticise capitalism and think about social conflict and crisis today. They also examine the future of capitalism and the …

Capitalism

A Conversation in Critical Theory

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  • Paperback

    224 pages

  • Release Date

    25 May 2018

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Summary

In this important new book, Nancy Fraser and Rahel Jaeggi take a fresh look at the big questions surrounding the peculiar social form known as “capitalism,” upending many of our commonly held assumptions about what capitalism is and how to subject it to critique. They show how, throughout its history, various regimes of capitalism have relied on a series of institutional separations between economy and polity, production and social reproduction, and human and non-human nature, periodically re…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780745671574
ISBN-10:0745671578
Author:Nancy Fraser, Rahel Jaeggi
Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:Polity Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:224
Release Date:25 May 2018
Weight:363g
Dimensions:226mm x 150mm x 18mm
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Critics Review

“As the world is caught up in a whirlwind of multiple crises - social, ecological, political, civilizational - we desperately need to get our hands on and shut down the source. In this book, two of the most acute minds in critical theory point their fingers towards capitalism. Fraser in particular elaborates on her path-breaking ‘unifying’ theory of capitalism as a system resting on several hidden abodes that it cannot live without and cannot avoid wrecking. This is the sort of sober and passionate thinking we need in a world careening out of control.”
Andreas Malm, Lund University

“Fraser and Jaeggi supply an eloquent, well-reasoned, and thorough account of the key institution of our time - capitalism. For them, capitalism is not only a mode of production but also an institutional order or form of life. Those who have followed Fraser’s discussion of recognition or justice, or read Jaeggi on the actuality of alienation, will cherish this brilliant contribution to understanding the world in which we live.”
Robin Blackburn, University of Essex

“An engaging and probing conversation between two eminent scholars on how to unravel the key problems of a troubled contemporary capitalism.”
David Harvey, City University of New York

About The Author

Nancy Fraser

Nancy Fraser is Henry A. & Louise Loeb Professor of Political & Social Science at the New School for Social Research

Rahel Jaeggi is Professor of Practical Philosophy at the Humboldt University of Berlin

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