Carceral Capitalism

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Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 1635900026
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (359 download)

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Book Synopsis Carceral Capitalism by : Jackie Wang

Download or read book Carceral Capitalism written by Jackie Wang and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2018-02-23 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays on the contemporary continuum of incarceration: the biopolitics of juvenile delinquency, predatory policing, the political economy of fees and fines, and algorithmic policing. What we see happening in Ferguson and other cities around the country is not the creation of livable spaces, but the creation of living hells. When people are trapped in a cycle of debt it also can affect their subjectivity and how they temporally inhabit the world by making it difficult for them to imagine and plan for the future. What psychic toll does this have on residents? How does it feel to be routinely dehumanized and exploited by the police? —from Carceral Capitalism In this collection of essays in Semiotext(e)'s Intervention series, Jackie Wang examines the contemporary incarceration techniques that have emerged since the 1990s. The essays illustrate various aspects of the carceral continuum, including the biopolitics of juvenile delinquency, predatory policing, the political economy of fees and fines, cybernetic governance, and algorithmic policing. Included in this volume is Wang's influential critique of liberal anti-racist politics, “Against Innocence,” as well as essays on RoboCop, techno-policing, and the aesthetic problem of making invisible forms of power legible. Wang shows that the new racial capitalism begins with parasitic governance and predatory lending that extends credit only to dispossess later. Predatory lending has a decidedly spatial character and exists in many forms, including subprime mortgage loans, student loans for sham for-profit colleges, car loans, rent-to-own scams, payday loans, and bail bond loans. Parasitic governance, Wang argues, operates through five primary techniques: financial states of exception, automation, extraction and looting, confinement, and gratuitous violence. While these techniques of governance often involve physical confinement and the state-sanctioned execution of black Americans, new carceral modes have blurred the distinction between the inside and outside of prison. As technologies of control are perfected, carcerality tends to bleed into society.

Crime And Capitalism

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Publisher : Temple University Press
ISBN 13 : 1439905649
Total Pages : 778 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (399 download)

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Book Synopsis Crime And Capitalism by : David Greenberg

Download or read book Crime And Capitalism written by David Greenberg and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2010-06-10 with total page 778 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classic and contemporary viewpoints on crime.

Living at the Edges of Capitalism

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Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520962486
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Book Synopsis Living at the Edges of Capitalism by : Andrej Grubacic

Download or read book Living at the Edges of Capitalism written by Andrej Grubacic and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the earliest development of states, groups of people escaped or were exiled. As capitalism developed, people tried to escape capitalist constraints connected with state control. This powerful book gives voice to three communities living at the edges of capitalism: Cossacks on the Don River in Russia; Zapatistas in Chiapas, Mexico; and prisoners in long-term isolation since the 1970s. Inspired by their experiences visiting Cossacks, living with the Zapatistas, and developing connections and relationships with prisoners and ex-prisoners, Andrej Grubacic and Denis O’Hearn present a uniquely sweeping, historical, and systematic study of exilic communities engaged in mutual aid. Following the tradition of Peter Kropotkin, Pierre Clastres, James Scott, Fernand Braudel and Imanuel Wallerstein, this study examines the full historical and contemporary possibilities for establishing self-governing communities at the edges of the capitalist world-system, considering the historical forces that often militate against those who try to practice mutual aid in the face of state power and capitalist incursion.

Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism

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Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822310907
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (19 download)

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Book Synopsis Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism by : Fredric Jameson

Download or read book Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism written by Fredric Jameson and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1992-01-06 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in paperback, Fredric Jameson’s most wide-ranging work seeks to crystalize a definition of ”postmodernism”. Jameson’s inquiry looks at the postmodern across a wide landscape, from “high” art to “low” from market ideology to architecture, from painting to “punk” film, from video art to literature.

Capitalist Realism

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Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1803414316
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (34 download)

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Book Synopsis Capitalist Realism by : Mark Fisher

Download or read book Capitalist Realism written by Mark Fisher and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2022-11-25 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of the ways in which capitalism has presented itself as the only realistic political-economic system.

A Theory of Capitalist Regulation

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Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1784782408
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (847 download)

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Book Synopsis A Theory of Capitalist Regulation by : Michel Aglietta

Download or read book A Theory of Capitalist Regulation written by Michel Aglietta and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aglietta's path-breaking book is the first attempt at a rigorous historical theory of the whole development of US capitalism, from the Civil War to the Carter presidency. A major document of the "Regulation School" of Marxist economics, it was received as the boldest book in its field since the classic studies of Paul Baran, Paul Sweezy and Harry Braverman. This edition includes a substantial new postface by Aglietta which brings regulation theory face to face with capitalism at the beginning of the new millennium.

Metaphors of Confinement

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ISBN 13 : 019884090X
Total Pages : 841 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)

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Book Synopsis Metaphors of Confinement by : Monika Fludernik

Download or read book Metaphors of Confinement written by Monika Fludernik and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 841 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Metaphors of Confinement: The Prison in Fact, Fiction, and Fantasy offers a historical survey of imaginings of the prison as expressed in carceral metaphors in a range of texts about imprisonment from Antiquity to the present as well as non-penal situations described as confining or restrictive. These imaginings coalesce into a 'carceral imaginary' that determines the way we think about prisons, just as social debates about punishment and criminals feed into the way carceral imaginary develops over time. Examining not only English-language prose fiction but also poetry and drama from the Middle Ages to postcolonial, particularly African, literature, the book juxtaposes literary and non-literary contexts and contrasts fictional and nonfictional representations of (im)prison(ment) and discussions about the prison as institution and experiential reality. It comments on present-day trends of punitivity and foregrounds the ethical dimensions of penal punishment. The main argument concerns the continuity of carceral metaphors through the centuries despite historical developments that included major shifts in policy (such as the invention of the penitentiary). The study looks at selected carceral metaphors, often from two complementary perspectives, such as the home as prison or the prison as home, or the factory as prison and the prison as factory. The case studies present particularly relevant genres and texts that employ these metaphors, often from a historical perspective that analyses development through different periods.

The Making of Global Capitalism

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Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1844677427
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (446 download)

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Book Synopsis The Making of Global Capitalism by : Leo Panitch

Download or read book The Making of Global Capitalism written by Leo Panitch and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2012-10-09 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No Marketing Blurb

Why Prison?

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110729245X
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (72 download)

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Book Synopsis Why Prison? by : David Scott

Download or read book Why Prison? written by David Scott and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-08-29 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prison studies has experienced a period of great creativity in recent years, and this collection draws together some of the field's most exciting and innovative contemporary critical writers in order to engage directly with one of the most profound questions in penology - why prison? In addressing this question, the authors connect contemporary penological thought with an enquiry that has received the attention of some of the greatest thinkers on punishment in the past. Through critical exploration of the theories, policies and practices of imprisonment, the authors analyse why prison persists and why prisoner populations are rapidly rising in many countries. Collectively, the chapters provide not only a sophisticated diagnosis and critique of global hyper-incarceration but also suggest principles and strategies that could be adopted to radically reduce our reliance upon imprisonment.

Capitalism and Coronavirus

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Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (978 download)

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Book Synopsis Capitalism and Coronavirus by : T J Coles

Download or read book Capitalism and Coronavirus written by T J Coles and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-14 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "T. J. Coles' meticulous work is outstanding. Never has it been more important to invert the message of the mainstream media and tell the truth, as he does" - John Pilger. Capitalism is the crisis! Why did so-called communist states like Vietnam and Kerala in India keep their COVID death-rates low, whilst capitalist nations like the US and Britain have some of the highest? But if neoliberal capitalism is all to blame, how come "free market" societies like Singapore and New Zealand also kept death-rates low? Read this book to find out... In this devastating new exposé of neoliberal and ultra-neoliberal global capitalism, T.J. Coles outlines the six factors that turned the COVID-19 crisis into a catastrophe. 1) The Great Confinement: Private land ownership and poor-quality housing packs millions of people into towns and cities where the virus spreads widely. 2) The Antibiotic Crisis: Big Pharma created then dumped antibiotic markets that have led to superbug resistance for half the population. 3) Privatising Healthcare Systems: For-profit operations and decentralised planning worsens health outcomes. 4) They Were Warned: Decades' long alarms sounded by the United Nations and other agencies were ignored. 5) How They Responded: The neoliberal capitalist mindset of leaders hampered adequate coronavirus responses. 6) The Great COVID Robbery: In a repeat of what happened ten years ago with the Financial Crisis, stimulus packages have landed SMEs with debt as the corporate giants enjoy subsidies and take advantage of layoffs. The book also explores the dreadful impact of COVID on BAME and other ethnic minorities. It challenges activiststo form a new, more equitable and conscientious society.

An Intimate Economy

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Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469655128
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Book Synopsis An Intimate Economy by : Alexandra J. Finley

Download or read book An Intimate Economy written by Alexandra J. Finley and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2020-07-06 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alexandra Finley adds crucial new dimensions to the boisterous debate over the relationship between slavery and capitalism by placing women's labor at the center of the antebellum slave trade, focusing particularly on slave traders' ability to profit from enslaved women's domestic, reproductive, and sexual labor. The slave market infiltrated every aspect of southern society, including the most personal spaces of the household, the body, and the self. Finley shows how women's work was necessary to the functioning of the slave trade, and thus to the spread of slavery to the Lower South, the expansion of cotton production, and the profits accompanying both of these markets. Through the personal histories of four enslaved women, Finley explores the intangible costs of the slave market, moving beyond ledgers, bills of sales, and statements of profit and loss to consider the often incalculable but nevertheless invaluable place of women's emotional, sexual, and domestic labor in the economy. The details of these women's lives reveal the complex intersections of economy, race, and family at the heart of antebellum society.

Architecture and Capitalism

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135049548
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (35 download)

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Book Synopsis Architecture and Capitalism by : Peggy Deamer

Download or read book Architecture and Capitalism written by Peggy Deamer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-07-18 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Architecture and Capitalism tells a story of the relationship between the economy and architectural design. Eleven historians each discuss in brand new essays the time period they know best, looking at cultural and economic issues, which in light of current economic crises you will find have dealt with diverse but surprisingly familiar economic issues. Told through case studies, the narrative begins in the mid-nineteenth century and ends with 2011, with introductions by Editor Peggy Deamer to pull the main themes together so that you can see how other architects in different times and in different countries have dealt with similar economic conditions. By focussing on what previous architects experienced, you have the opportunity to avoid repeating the past. With new essays by Pier Vittorio Aureli, Ellen Dunham-Jones, Keller Easterling, Lauren Kogod, Robert Hewison, Joanna Merwood-Salisbury, Robin Schuldenfrei, Deborah Gans, Simon Sadler, Nathan Rich, and Micahel Sorkin.

The Attention Economy

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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1783488255
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (834 download)

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Book Synopsis The Attention Economy by : Claudio Celis Bueno

Download or read book The Attention Economy written by Claudio Celis Bueno and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-11-16 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The attention economy is a notion that explains the growing value of human attention in societies characterised by post-industrial modes of production. In a world in which information and knowledge become central to the valorisation process of capital, human attention becomes a scarce and hence increasingly valuable commodity. To what degree is the attention economy a specific form of capitalist production? How does the attention economy differ from the industrial mode of production in which Marx developed his critique of capitalism? How can Marx’s theory be used today despite the historical differences that separate industrial from post-industrial capitalism? The Attention Economy argues that human attention is a new form of labour that can only be understood through a systematic reinterpretation of Marx. It argues that the attention economy belongs to a general shift in capitalism in which subjectivity itself becomes the territory of production and exploitation of value as well as the territory of the reproduction of capitalist power relations.

Slaves of the State

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Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1452943648
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (529 download)

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Book Synopsis Slaves of the State by : Dennis Childs

Download or read book Slaves of the State written by Dennis Childs and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2015-02-27 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, passed in 1865, has long been viewed as a definitive break with the nation’s past by abolishing slavery and ushering in an inexorable march toward black freedom. Slaves of the State presents a stunning counterhistory to this linear narrative of racial, social, and legal progress in America. Dennis Childs argues that the incarceration of black people and other historically repressed groups in chain gangs, peon camps, prison plantations, and penitentiaries represents a ghostly perpetuation of chattel slavery. He exposes how the Thirteenth Amendment’s exception clause—allowing for enslavement as “punishment for a crime”—has inaugurated forms of racial capitalist misogynist incarceration that serve as haunting returns of conditions Africans endured in the barracoons and slave ship holds of the Middle Passage, on plantations, and in chattel slavery. Childs seeks out the historically muted voices of those entombed within terrorizing spaces such as the chain gang rolling cage and the modern solitary confinement cell, engaging the writings of Toni Morrison and Chester Himes as well as a broad range of archival materials, including landmark court cases, prison songs, and testimonies, reaching back to the birth of modern slave plantations such as Louisiana’s “Angola” penitentiary. Slaves of the State paves the way for a new understanding of chattel slavery as a continuing social reality of U.S. empire—one resting at the very foundation of today’s prison industrial complex that now holds more than 2.3 million people within the country’s jails, prisons, and immigrant detention centers.

The Anti-capitalist Chronicles

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Publisher : Red Letter
ISBN 13 : 9780745342085
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (42 download)

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Book Synopsis The Anti-capitalist Chronicles by : David Harvey

Download or read book The Anti-capitalist Chronicles written by David Harvey and published by Red Letter. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new book from one of the most cited authors in the humanities and social sciences

Being, Time, Bios

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Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438445911
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Book Synopsis Being, Time, Bios by : A. Kiarina Kordela

Download or read book Being, Time, Bios written by A. Kiarina Kordela and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2013-03-11 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although both share a focus on human life as it is inscribed by power, Foucauldian biopolitics and Lacanian psychoanalysis have remained isolated from and even opposed to one another. In Being, Time, Bios, A. Kiarina Kordela aims to overcome this divide, formulating a historical ontology that draws from Spinoza, Marx, Heidegger, and Sartre to theorize the changed character of "being" and "time" under secular capitalism. With insights from film theory, postcolonial studies, and race theory, Kordela's wide-ranging analysis suggests a radically new understanding of contemporary capitalism—one in which uncertainty, sacrifice, immortality, and the gaze are central.

Ecosocialism

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Publisher : Haymarket Books
ISBN 13 : 1608464717
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (84 download)

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Book Synopsis Ecosocialism by : Michael Lšwy

Download or read book Ecosocialism written by Michael Lšwy and published by Haymarket Books. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for On Changing the World: "His collection of essays, combining scholarship with passion, impresses by its sweep and scope."—Daniel Singer Ecosocialists believe that the prevention of an unprecedented ecological catastrophe and the preservation of a natural environment favorable to human life are incompatible with the expansive and destructive logic of the capitalist system. The present collection of articles explores some of the main ecosocialist proposals and some concrete experiences of struggle, particularly in Latin America. Michael Löwy is emerit Research Director at the CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research). His books have been translated into twenty-nine languages.