| Powers of the Mind: Mental and Manual Labor in the Contemporary Political Crisis Contributor(s): Bray, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 3837641473 ISBN-13: 9783837641479 Publisher: Transcript Publishing OUR PRICE: $99.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Political - Political Science | History & Theory - General - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Series: Political Science |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 9.1" (1.10 lbs) 200 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 sociopolitical 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 anticapitalist politics today. |