{"product_id":"rupturing-the-dialectic-the-struggle-against-work-money-and-financialization-paperback","title":"Rupturing the Dialectic: The Struggle Against Work, Money, and Financialization - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHarry Cleaver\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Rupturing the Dialectic rejects the quietism inherent in all economistic approaches to the current crises within capitalism, and furnishes working people with a clear, concrete, sensible program for how to move forward. This is a fine book, and it is one from which activists will greatly benefit.\" --David Sherman, author of \u003ci\u003eSartre and Adorno\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Cleaver's theory of the value of labor to capital, explanation of money as a critical mediator of class conflicts, and discussion of strategies for resistance and transformation are remarkable. \u003ci\u003eRupturing the Dialectic\u003c\/i\u003e offers emancipating ways to understand everyday life and financial crises in capitalism today.\" --Anitra Nelson, author of \u003ci\u003eMarx's Concept of Money\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eRupturing the Dialectic\u003c\/i\u003e shows us how we may use Marx's labor theory of value to resist the subordination of our lives to labor. Cleaver's incisive analysis offers the prospect of getting beyond the capitalist dialectic, rather than merely idealizing it.\" --Brett Caraway, professor, the University of Toronto\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince his groundbreaking \u003cem\u003eReading \u003c\/em\u003eCapital \u003cem\u003ePolitically \u003c\/em\u003ewas first published in 1979, Harry Cleaver has been a central figure for autonomist Marxists seeking practical, political strategies within Marx's work--as opposed to abstraction and historical inevitability. His work since has shown not only how capitalism seeks to structure every aspect of our lives through and around work but also how we endlessly fight back in ways that reshape capitalism itself. \u003cem\u003eRupturing the Dialectic\u003c\/em\u003e brings this project up to the present by interpreting capitalism's most recent crises, tracing their causes, and demonstrating how ordinary people can, and do, rupture the smooth functioning of the system that exploits them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarry Cleaver\u003c\/b\u003e was a university professor for three decades, before retiring in 2012. His book \u003ci\u003eReading Capital Politically\u003c\/i\u003e has been republished in seven languages and ten countries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarry Cleaver: Harry Cleaver has been an activist since the Civil Rights Movement, and was a university professor for three decades, until he retired in 2012. His book \u003ci\u003eReading Capital Politically\u003c\/i\u003e has been translated and republished in seven languages and ten countries. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 380\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 09, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42696912961599,"sku":"9781849352703","price":23.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/423f263f8f39f1b24309bd71ec38d959.webp?v=1765007756","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/rupturing-the-dialectic-the-struggle-against-work-money-and-financialization-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}