Capitalism: A Conversation in Critical Theory

Capitalism is the root of the destruction, according to Nancy Fraser and Rahel Jaeggi, and it has a built-in propensity to crisis. They contend that capitalism's tendency to divide what is linked separates human from non-human nature, commodity production, and social reproduction and that boundary conflicts are where a fighting left movement may be able to stop the destruction and create the non-capitalist future we require.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 04 July 2023
Publisher: Verso Books

In this groundbreaking conversation, political philosophers Nancy Fraser and Rahel Jaeggi delve into the origins of the devastation caused by capitalism and explore its inherent tendency toward crisis. Spanning a wide range of topics, including history, critical theory, ecology, feminism, and political theory, Fraser and Jaeggi identify capitalism as the root cause of the separation between human and non-human nature, commodity production, and social reproduction. They argue that these boundary struggles, which are often portrayed as destructive, hold the potential to be the sites where a resilient left movement can intervene and halt the destruction, paving the way for a non-capitalist future.

Capitalism, by the twenty-first century, has brought us an era of escalating, overlapping crises - ecological, political, social - which we may not survive. In this brilliant, wide-ranging conversation, political philosophers Nancy Fraser and Rahel Jaeggi identify capitalism as the source of the devastation and examine its in-built tendency to crisis. In an exchange that ranges across history, critical theory, ecology, feminism, and political theory, Fraser and Jaeggi find that capitalism's tendency to separate what is connected - human from non-human nature, commodity production and social reproduction - is at the heart of its crisis tendency. These boundary struggles, Fraser and Jaeggi conclude, constitute capitalism's most destructive power but are also the sites where a fighting left movement might be able to halt the destruction and build the non-capitalist future we so desperately need.

A crucial text for students of political theory, economic theory, and social change, Capitalism offers an invigorated critique of twenty-first century capitalism and an incisive study of our current conjuncture.

Weight: 460g
Dimension: 198 x 129 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781839765117