The Sublime Perversion of Capital
Marxist Theory and the Politics of History in Modern Japan
1st Edition
Published on 25. February 2016
264 pages
978-0-8223-7420-6 (ISBN)
Description
In The Sublime Perversion of Capital Gavin Walker examines the Japanese debate about capitalism between the 1920s and 1950s, using it as a "prehistory" to consider current problems of uneven economic development and contemporary topics in Marxist theory and historiography.
More details
Other editions
Additional editions
Gavin Walker
The Sublime Perversion of Capital
Marxist Theory and the Politics of History in Modern Japan
Book
03/2016
Duke University Press
€135.50
Shipment within 10-20 days
Gavin Walker
The Sublime Perversion of Capital
Marxist Theory and the Politics of History in Modern Japan
Book
03/2016
Duke University Press
€39.40
Shipment within 10-20 days
Person
Gavin Walker is Assistant Professor of History and East Asian Studies at McGill University.
Content
Acknowledgments ix
Note on Translations xiii
Three Orientations xv
1. The Sublime Perversion of Capital 1
2. The Feudal Remnant and the Historical Outside 28
3. Primitive Accumulation, or the Logic of Origin 75
4. Labor Power: Capital's Threshold 108
5. The Continent of History and the Theoretical Inside 152
6. "The Ready-Made World of Capital" 182
Notes 195
Bibliography 225
Index 243
Note on Translations xiii
Three Orientations xv
1. The Sublime Perversion of Capital 1
2. The Feudal Remnant and the Historical Outside 28
3. Primitive Accumulation, or the Logic of Origin 75
4. Labor Power: Capital's Threshold 108
5. The Continent of History and the Theoretical Inside 152
6. "The Ready-Made World of Capital" 182
Notes 195
Bibliography 225
Index 243
