Powers of the Mind

Mental and Manual Labor in the Contemporary Political Crisis
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-8376-4147-9
Verlag: transcript

Buch, Englisch, Band 53, 208 Seiten, Hardcover, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 225 mm, Gewicht: 333 g

Reihe: Edition Politik

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bray, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Marxismus, Kommunismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wirtschaftssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, Organisationssoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Bray is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Southwestern University. His research focuses on populisms and the question of transition.