Totality Inside Out: Rethinking Crisis and Conflict under Capital

Anti-capitalist critics argue that reparative justice for oppressed groups can only produce a more diversity-friendly capital. Gender and sexuality scholars argue that anti-capitalist thought fails to acknowledge specific forms and experiences of subjugation. Totality Inside Out offers a more expansive analysis of contemporary moment to uncover connected sites of political struggle over racial and economic justice, materialist feminist and queer critique, climate change, and aesthetic value.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 18 January 2022
Publisher: Fordham University Press

Despite their divergent analyses in other respects, prominent anti-capitalist critics have maintained a critical stance towards contemporary discussions on reparative justice for historically oppressed and marginalized groups based on factors such as race, gender, sexual identity, sexual preference, and/or ability. They argue that these struggles can only aspire to achieve a more inclusive and diverse capital. On the other hand, scholars in gender and sexuality studies, as well as race and ethnic studies, argue that anti-capitalist thought fails to recognize specific forms and experiences of subjugation by elevating socioeconomic factors above other logics of domination.

In contrast, thinkers and activists featured in Totality Inside Out reject this divisive logic entirely. Their goal is to conduct a more comprehensive analysis of our contemporary moment to uncover interconnected sites of political struggle over racial and economic justice, materialist feminist and queer critique, climate change, and aesthetic value. The re-imagined account of capitalist totality presented in this volume sheds light on the material interconnections between disparate social phenomena, forms of oppression, and group histories, providing multiple entry points for readers interested in exploring how capitalism shapes integral relations within the social whole.

Contributors to this volume include Brent Ryan Bellamy, Sarah Brouillette, Sarika Chandra, Chris Chen, Joshua Clover, Tim Kreiner, Arthur Scarritt, Zoe Sutherland, and Marina Vishmidt.

Weight: 406g
Dimension: 154 x 228 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780823298204