A Political Economy of the Senses

Neoliberalism, Reification, Critique
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-0-231-17389-6
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 393 g

Reihe: New Directions in Critical Theory

Anita Chari revives the concept of reification from Marx and the Frankfurt School to spotlight the resistance to neoliberal capitalism now forming at the level of political economy and at the more sensate, experiential level of subjective transformation. Reading art by Oliver Ressler, Zanny Begg, Claire Fontaine, Jason Lazarus, and Mika Rottenberg, as well as the politics of Occupy Wall Street, Chari identifies practices through which artists and activists have challenged neoliberalism's social and political logics, exposing its inherent tensions and contradictions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chari, Anita (University of Oregon)

Chari, Anita

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Toward the Materialization of CritiquePart I. Neoliberal Symptoms1. Neoliberal Symptoms: The Impasse Between Economics and Politics in Contemporary Political Theory2. Neoliberalism and Normative Ambivalence: Third-Generation Critical Theory and the Fetish of IntersubjectivityPart II. The Critique of Reification3. Alienation and Depoliticization: Rejoining Radical Democracy with the Critique of Capitalism4. Lukács's Turn to a Political Economy of the Senses5. The Reversibility of Reification: Adorno from the Aesthetic to the SocialPart III. A Political Economy of the Senses6. Defetishizing Fetishes: Art and the Critique of Capital in Neoliberal Society7. Occupy Wall Street: Challenging Neoliberal ReificationNotesBibliographyIndex

Über Autor(innen)

Anita Chari is assistant professor of political science at the University of Oregon. In addition to her work as a critical theorist, she is a creative writer, composer, and musician.