{"product_id":"psychoanalysis-politics-and-utopia-five-lectures-paperback","title":"Psychoanalysis, Politics, and Utopia: Five Lectures - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHerbert Marcuse\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRay Brassier\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn impassioned plea for overcoming capitalism, whose urgency is more timely today than when it was first published fifty years ago.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBack in print after fifty years and with a new introduction by Ray Brassier, this often overlooked but prescient collection of Marcuse's lectures makes an impassioned plea for the overthrowing of capitalism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAnalysing the work of Freud and Marx, and taking in topics like automation, work, postcapitalism, utopia, and technology, \u003ci\u003ePsychoanalysis, Politics, and Utopia \u003c\/i\u003eexcavates the psychic roots of the current crisis of capitalist civilisation, and gives us a blueprint for the emancipation of humanity from the toils of capitalism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a world reeling from the ongoing collapse of the neoliberal consensus, coupled with the accelerating pace of catastrophic climate change wrought by capitalism, Marcuse's radical insights in \u003ci\u003ePsychoanalysis, Politics, and Utopia\u003c\/i\u003e are as urgently relevant today as they were in 1970.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHerbert Marcuse\u003c\/b\u003e (1898-1979) was a philosopher and critical social theorist. He was a member of the Institute for Social Research, along with Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer. His best-known works are \u003ci\u003eReason and Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e (1940); \u003ci\u003eEros and Civilization\u003c\/i\u003e (1955); and \u003ci\u003eOne Dimensional Man\u003c\/i\u003e (1964). His work exerted a profound influence on the New Left and the radical counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 143\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 7.75 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 23, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47392668582066,"sku":"9781914420405","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/c2818ca86ae688fd374095b1c85448ad.webp?v=1777965695","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/psychoanalysis-politics-and-utopia-five-lectures-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}