1st Edition

Deleuze, Marx and Politics

By Nicholas Thoburn Copyright 2003
224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

A critical and provocative exploration of the political, conceptual and cultural points of resonance between Deleuze's minor politics and Marx's critique of capitalist dynamics, engaging with Deleuze's missing work, The Grandeur of Marx . This book explores the core categories of communism and capital in conjunction with a wealth of contemporary and historical political concepts and movements -... Read more
1. Introduction: The Grandeur of Marx
2. Minor Politics: The Styles of Cramped Creation
3. The Lumpenproletariat and the Proletarian Unnamable
4. The Social Factory: Machines-Work-Control
5. The Refusal of Work
6. Conclusion: The Strange Joy of Politics

Biography

Nicholas Thoburn teaches in the Department of Sociology at the University of Manchester.