In letters of blood and fire : work, machines, and the crisis of capitalism / George Caffentzis.

Main entry:

Caffentzis, Constantine George, 1945-

Title & Author:

In letters of blood and fire : work, machines, and the crisis of capitalism / George Caffentzis.

Publication:

Oakland, Calif. : PM Press, 2013.

Description:

288 pages ; 23 cm.

Series:

Common notions series

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-282) and index.
pt. 1. Work/refusal. The work/energy crisis and the apocalypse -- Mormons in space / with Silvia Federici -- The end of work or the renaissance of slavery? A critique of Rifkin and Negri -- Three temporal dimensions of class struggle -- A critique of "cognitive capitalism" -- pt. 2. Machines. On Africa and self-reproducing automata -- Why machines cannot create value: Marx's theory of machines -- Marx, Turing machines, and the labor of thought -- Crystals and analytic engines: historical and conceptual preliminaries to a new theory of machines -- pt. 3. Money, war, and crisis. Freezing the movement and the Marxist theory of war -- The power of money: debt and enclosure -- Notes on the financial crisis: from meltdown to deep freeze -- On the notion of a crisis of social reproduction: a theoretical review.

Summary:

"A captivating collection of essays documenting a return to the heated conflicts present at the advent of capitalism. IT, immaterial production, financialisation and globalisation have been trumpeted as inaugurating a new phase of capitalism that puts it beyond its violent origins. However, instead of being in a period of major social and economic novelty, the course of the last decades has seen a return to the fire and blood of struggles at the advent of capitalism. Emphasizing class struggles, Caffentzis explores how a wide range of conflicts and antagonisms."-- Provided by publisher.

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ISBN:

9781604863352 (paperback)
1604863358 (paperback)

Subject:

Marx, Karl, 1818-1883 Studies.
Capitalism History 21st century.
Capitalism Social aspects History 21st century.
Industrial relations History 21st century.
Relations industrielles Histoire 21e siècle.
Capitalism
Capitalism Social aspects
Industrial relations

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Common notions series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 289412
Call No.: BIB 231875
Status: Available

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