The Spell of Capital: Reification and Spectacle

Johan Frederik Hartle (Editor), Samir Gandesha (Editor), DR. Samir Gandesha (Editor), DR. Johan Frederik Hartle (Editor), Thijs Lijster, Sudeep Dasgupta, Noortje Leij, Kati Roettger, Willow Verkerk, Joost Bloois, and Kati Röttger

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This book explores the tradition, impact, and contemporary relevance of two key ideas from Western Marxism: Georg Lukács's concept of reification, in which social aspects of humanity are viewed in objectified terms, and Guy Debord's concept of the spectacle, where the world is packaged and presented to consumers in uniquely mediated ways. Bringing the original, yet now often forgotten, theoretical contexts for these terms back to the fore, Johan Hartle and Samir Gandesha offer a new look at the importance of Western Marxism from its early days to the present moment-and reveal why Marxist cultural critique must continue to play a vital role in any serious sociological analysis of contemporary society.
  • ISBN10 9089648518
  • ISBN13 9789089648518
  • Publish Date 7 March 2017
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country NL
  • Imprint Amsterdam University Press