
The Revolutions of Capitalism
The Politics of the Event
Maurizio Lazzarato(Author)
Duke University Press
Will be published approx. on 7. April 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
184 pages
978-1-4780-3859-7 (ISBN)
Description
Framed by brilliant readings of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, Gabriel Tarde, and Mikhail Bakhtin, Maurizio Lazzarato's Revolutions of Capitalism charts a new theory of contemporary capitalism and the politics against it. Originally published in French in 2004, this newly translated work sees capitalism as driven, not only by labor or value, but by the capture of cooperation and by the taming of possibles. Lazzarato theorizes how contemporary capitalism depends on noo-politics, or the "action of brains at a distance on other brains," which seeks to control memory and attention and to trap the proliferation of possibles. Against this, Lazzarato reveals how current social movements attack established institutions and their vision of a single possible world to liberate the creation and actualization of a multiplicity of possible worlds.
Reviews / Votes
"Drawing creatively on heterodox traditions of Italian Marxism, the schizoanalysis of Deleuze-Guattari, the literary theory of Mikhail Bakhtin and the sociology of Gabriel Tarde, this book is an important and original contribution to the social and philosophical critique of contemporary capitalism and the delineation of post- and anti-capitalist futures."-Alberto Toscano, author of, Communism in Philosophy: Essays on Alain Badiou and Toni Negri"Unfailingly original and provocative, Lazzarato provides in this book an insightful analysis of contemporary capitalist society and its modes of control that is engaged deeply with both philosophical problematics and activist agendas."-Michael Hardt, author of, The Subversive Seventies
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
North Carolina
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
270 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4780-3859-7 (9781478038597)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Maurizio Lazzarato is an Italian sociologist and philosopher, residing in Paris, France.
Brian Whitener is Associate Professor of Spanish at the University at Buffalo.
Geo Maher is an abolitionist educator, organizer, and writer based in Philadelphia.
Brian Whitener is Associate Professor of Spanish at the University at Buffalo.
Geo Maher is an abolitionist educator, organizer, and writer based in Philadelphia.
Content
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction / Brian Whitener 1
1. The Event and Politics 5
2. The Concepts of Life and the Living of Societies of Control 33
3. The Corporation and Neomonadology 53
4. Expression Versus Communication 85
5. Resistance and Creation in Postsocialist Movements 111
Notes 147
Bibliography 155
Index 159
Introduction / Brian Whitener 1
1. The Event and Politics 5
2. The Concepts of Life and the Living of Societies of Control 33
3. The Corporation and Neomonadology 53
4. Expression Versus Communication 85
5. Resistance and Creation in Postsocialist Movements 111
Notes 147
Bibliography 155
Index 159