11min chapter

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Jason Read, "The Double Shift: Spinoza and Marx on the Politics of Work" (Verso, 2024)

New Books in Critical Theory

CHAPTER

Critiquing Capitalism Through Lived Experiences and Ideologies

The chapter explores the experience of being a worker in capitalism, discussing critiques of the social and political system by understanding the lived experience of domination and the intertwining of desires and passions in ideology. It also delves into the performativity of passion in neoliberal capitalism and the influence of political messages on perceptions of work and the economy.

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