{"product_id":"capitals-grave-isbn-9781804295199","title":"Capital's Grave","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe fact that communism did not prevail does not mean we are still in capitalism. Capitalist relations are undergoing systemic transformation and becoming something that might even be worse.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBringing together analyses from different fields—law, technology, Marxism, and psychoanalysis—Jodi Dean shows the direction the contemporary world is heading: neofeudalism. Feudalism isn’t just a metaphor. It’s the operating system for the present. Politics and plunder thrive in the capitalist pursuit of profit, and the many are bound to serve the few, coerced into a system of rents, destruction, and hoarding driven by privilege and dependence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe question is: In a society of serfs and servants, how do we get free?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the rise of neofeudalism, and as more and more workers are drawn into the service sector—from nurses to Uber and delivery drivers—Dean argues that we can see the emergence of a new vanguard, the class that can lead the struggle for liberation from oppression and exploitation: what she calls the servant vanguard.Introduction: Capital’s Grave\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1 What the Grundrisse Tells Us About Uber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2 Forwards Can Be Backwards: On Transition and Temporality\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3 Neofeudalism’s Basic Features\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4 The Subject Supposed to Care\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConclusion The Servant Vanguard\"A piercing look at how capitalism is killing itself as it entangles us in a web of techno-feudal power relations.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Yanis Varoufakis, author of \u003ci\u003eTechnofeudalism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Dean provides the most rigorous account of what a neofeudal society entails. Every page is a provocation, every sentence is a delight\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Corey Robin, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Enigma of Clarence Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Dean’s new book gives us plenty to talk about\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Ed Meek, \u003ci\u003eArts Fuse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Dean’s new book delivers critical insights on humanity and society.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Ron Jacobs, \u003ci\u003eCounterpunch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Seeks to update Marx for a world that Dean thinks is starting to look less like the classical industrial capitalism he wrote about than a kind of high-tech feudalism.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Ben Burgis, \u003ci\u003eUnHerd\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eJodi Dean teaches political, feminist, and media theory in Geneva, New York. She has written or edited thirteen books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Communist Horizon, Crowds and Party \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e COMRADE.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303318245605,"sku":"NP9781804295199","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781804295199.jpg?v=1767723365","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/capitals-grave-isbn-9781804295199","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}