Description
The fact that communism did not prevail does not mean we are still in capitalism. Capitalist relations are undergoing systemic transformation and becoming something that might even be worse.
Bringing together analyses from different fieldslaw, technology, Marxism, and psychoanalysisJodi Dean shows the direction the contemporary world is heading: neofeudalism. Feudalism isnt just a metaphor. Its the operating system for the present. Politics and plunder thrive in the capitalist pursuit of profit, and the many are bound to serve the few, coerced into a system of rents, destruction, and hoarding driven by privilege and dependence.
The question is: In a society of serfs and servants, how do we get free?
With the rise of neofeudalism, and as more and more workers are drawn into the service sectorfrom nurses to Uber and delivery driversDean argues that we can see the emergence of a new vanguard, the class that can lead the struggle for liberation from oppression and exploitation: what she calls the servant vanguard.
Author: Jodi Dean
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Verso
Published: 03/18/2025
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.4lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781804295199
Language: English
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