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'Capitalist critique and proletarian reasoning fit for our time' -
Peter Linebaugh Taking the Scottish Enlightenment philosopher David
Hume as its subject, this book breaks new ground in focusing its
lens on a little-studied aspect of Hume's thinking: his
understanding of money. George Caffentzis makes both an
intervention in the field of monetary philosophy and into Marxian
conceptions of the relation between philosophy and capitalist
development. He vividly charts the ways in which Hume's philosophy
directly informed the project of 'civilizing' the people of the
Scottish Highlands and pacifying the English proletariat in
response to the revolts of both groups at the heart of the empire.
Built on careful historical and philosophical detective work,
Civilizing Money offers a stimulating and radical political reading
of the ways in which Hume's fundamental philosophical claims
performed concrete political functions.
This book situates John Locke's philosophy of knowledge and his
political theory within his engagement in British monetary debates
of the 17th and 18th century. Anchored in extensive archival
research, George Caffentzis offers the most expansive reading of
Locke's economic thought to date, contextualizing it within the
expansion of capitalist accumulation on a world scale and the
universality of money as a medium of exchange. Updated with a new
introduction by Paul Rekret, a new foreword by Harry Cleaver and
new material by the author, Clipped Coins, Abused Words, and Civil
Government continues to make a significant intervention in
contemporary debates around the history of capitalism, colonialism
and philosophy.
A robot can build a car. But a robot cannot buy a car ... The
explosion in the development of computer- and robot-based
manufacturing is seeing the rapid expansion of laborless production
systems. Such systems create enormous instability, both for the
overall world economy where money previously paid in wages is now
invested in labor-saving technology and therefore cannot be spent
on goods, and for workers whose jobs are being de-skilled or are
simply disappearing. Bringing together contributions from workers
employed in the new electronics and information industries with
theorists in economics, politics and science, Cutting Edge provides
an up-to-the-minute analysis of the complex relations between
technology and work. Individual essays look at topics including the
cyclical nature of a technologically driven economy, the
privatization of knowledge which new information industries demand,
the convergence of different economic sectors under the impact of
digitalization, and the strategies which trade unionists and
governments might deploy to protect jobs and living standards.
Technology has the potential to end material scarcity and lay the
foundations for higher forms of human fulfillment. But under
existing power structures, it is more likely to exacerbate the
poverty and misery under which most people live. Cutting Edge
weighs that balance and, in helping us to understand how technology
interacts with the production of goods and services, tips it in the
direction of a more equal and creative world.
Over the last 30 years, wages have stagnated and average household
debt has more than doubled. People are forced to take on debt to
meet their everyday needs like housing and education, leading to
devastated communities and an increasing reliance on credit to
maintain basic living standards. This system enriches the lives of
few at the expense of many. 'The Debt Resisters' Operations Manual'
is a handbook for debtors everywhere to understand how the debt
system really works, while providing practical tools for fighting
debt in its most exploitative forms.
'If we are to understand molecular biopolitics then we must see it
working in the participatory mechanism of fascism and today's
fascism from below. Fuhrers and inspired leaders do not seem to be
important anymore - the small fascist icons can be as many and as
interchangeable as sitcom actors and second-rate soccer champions.
Participation is virtual - but killing can be real; you can order a
gun with the click of a mouse, but the bullet can blow you to
pieces.' - Clandestina."
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Potosi Principle Archive (Hardcover)
Alice Creischer, Andreas Siekmann; Text written by Sonia Abian, Edgar Arandia, Elvira Espejo Ayca, …
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R2,137
Discovery Miles 21 370
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'Capitalist critique and proletarian reasoning fit for our time' -
Peter Linebaugh Taking the Scottish Enlightenment philosopher David
Hume as its subject, this book breaks new ground in focusing its
lens on a little-studied aspect of Hume's thinking: his
understanding of money. George Caffentzis makes both an
intervention in the field of monetary philosophy and into Marxian
conceptions of the relation between philosophy and capitalist
development. He vividly charts the ways in which Hume's philosophy
directly informed the project of 'civilizing' the people of the
Scottish Highlands and pacifying the English proletariat in
response to the revolts of both groups at the heart of the empire.
Built on careful historical and philosophical detective work,
Civilizing Money offers a stimulating and radical political reading
of the ways in which Hume's fundamental philosophical claims
performed concrete political functions.
This book situates John Locke's philosophy of knowledge and his
political theory within his engagement in British monetary debates
of the 17th and 18th century. Anchored in extensive archival
research, George Caffentzis offers the most expansive reading of
Locke's economic thought to date, contextualizing it within the
expansion of capitalist accumulation on a world scale and the
universality of money as a medium of exchange. Updated with a new
introduction by Paul Rekret, a new foreword by Harry Cleaver and
new material by the author, Clipped Coins, Abused Words, and Civil
Government continues to make a significant intervention in
contemporary debates around the history of capitalism, colonialism
and philosophy.
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