
Powers of the Mind
Mental and Manual Labor in the Contemporary Political Crisis
Michael Bray(Author)
transcript (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 12. March 2019
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-3-8376-4147-9 (ISBN)
Description
The Marxist conception of the division between mental and manual labor is a critical yet unrecognized aspect of contemporary political struggles.Departing from this novel argument, Michael Bray traces the conceptual and socio-political history of this labor division and emphasizes how the forms of control and organization articulated by that division in practices of production, democracy, racialization, and financialization are becoming increasingly important. Critiquing the left for its tendency to side implicitly with the powers of mental labor, Michael Bray shows that comprehending and challenging those powers is a pivotal task for anti-capitalist politics today.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Bielefeld
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Hardback (stationery)
Illustrations
Hardcover
Dimensions
Height: 225 mm
Width: 148 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
331 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-8376-4147-9 (9783837641479)
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02/2019
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Person
Michael Bray is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Southwestern University. His research focuses on populisms and the question of transition.
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