Infinite greed : the inhuman selfishness of capital

"Both pro- and anticapitalists, despite the ferocity of their disagreements, tend to concur that selfishness is essential to capitalism. In Infinite Greed, Adrian Johnston argues that this consensus is mistaken. Utilizing a theoretical synthesis of Marxism and psychoanalysis, Johnston reveals h...

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VerfasserIn: Johnston, Adrian
Ort / Verlag / Datum:New York : Columbia University Press, [2024]
Erscheinungsjahr:2024
Sprache:Englisch
Serie:Insurrections: critical studies in religion, politics, and culture
Klassifikation:330.1
Beschreibung:xxiv, 367 Seiten
Anmerkungen:Includes bibliographical references and index
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction: infrastructural analysis: remarrying Marxism and psychoanalysis
  • The conflicted political animal: the psychoanalytic body and the body politic
  • From closed need to infinite greed: Marxian drives
  • The self-cleaning fetish: repression under the shadow of fictitious capital
  • The triumph of theological economics: God goes underground
  • Conclusion: real reduction: it's the stupid economy!