Todd McGowan: Pure Excess | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9780231217590 | Pure Excess | Capitalism and the Commodity | Todd McGowan | Buch

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Beschreibung

Todd McGowan forges a new theory of capitalism as a system based on the production of more than what we need: pure excess. He argues that the promise of more-more wealth, more enjoyment, more opportunity, without requiring any sacrifice-is the essence of capitalism. Previous socioeconomic systems set up some form of the social good as their focus. Capitalism, however, represents a revolutionary turn away from the good and the useful toward excessive growth, which now threatens the habitability of the planet.

Drawing on psychoanalytic theory, McGowan shows how the production of commodities explains the role of excess in the workings of capitalism. Capitalism and the commodity ensnare us with the image of the constant fulfillment of our desires-the seductive but unattainable promise of satisfying a longing that has no end. To challenge this system, McGowan turns to art, arguing that it can expose the psychological mechanisms that perpetuate capitalist society and reveal the need for limits. Featuring lively writing and engaging examples from film, literature, and popular culture, Pure Excess uncovers the hidden logic of capitalism-and helps us envision a noncapitalist life in a noncapitalist society.

Über den Autor

Todd McGowan

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Excessively Yours
1. The Apotheosis of Uselessness
2. An Objective Excess
3. Two Forms of Fetishism
4. The Indebted Servant
5. The Reasonable Paranoiac
6. Portrait of the Artist as an Anticapitalist
Notes
Index

Erscheinungsjahr:	2024
Genre:	Importe , Politikwissenschaften
Rubrik:	Wissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13:	9780231217590
ISBN-10:	0231217595
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	McGowan, Todd
Hersteller:	Columbia Univers. Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	215 x 140 x 15 mm
Von/Mit:	Todd McGowan
Erscheinungsdatum:	31.12.2024
Gewicht:	0,372 kg