{"product_id":"9781804294802","title":"The Automatic Fetish: The Law of Value in Marx's Capital","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eBest, Beverley\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVerso\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5\/21\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy you should read all three volumes of Marx's \u003ci\u003eCapital\u003c\/i\u003e together\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eAutomatic Fetish\u003c\/i\u003e recreates Marx's analysis of capital, step-by-step, through the material compiled posthumously as \u003ci\u003eCapital\u003c\/i\u003e, Volume three. Identifying the critique of value as the central through-line of the analysis, Best elaborates Marx's theory of value as a theory of movement through which the capital-machine generates social forms of appearance that are the inversions of its inner operating mechanisms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharacterizing capital’s movement and the dynamic production of social form as a 'perceptual physics,' Best demonstrates the consistency and the coherency with which Marx's theory of value orients all trajectories of analysis in \u003ci\u003eCapital\u003c\/i\u003e 3, as well as providing the conceptual bridge between Volumes on.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book illustrates the way in which capital’s development to this day is as much as a story of the continuity of capital's inner dynamics as it is a story of ongoing transformation of capital's surface-forms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBest develops, through Marx's critique, an analysis of money, credit, crisis, and the derivatives of profit-interest and ground-rent, that takes the reader from their emergence as capitalist forms to their current expressions. Neither a back-to-basics nor newfangled reconstruction, \u003ci\u003eThe Automatic Fetish\u003c\/i\u003e eschews novelty to show why, once again, Marx deserves to be read carefully.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44347593752831,"sku":"9781804294802","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781804294802_s600x595.jpg?v=1775599017","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9781804294802","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}