Art and postcapitalism : aesthetic labour, automation and value production /

Artistic labor was exemplary for utopian socialist theories of 'attractive labor,' and Marxist theories of 'nonalienated labor,' but the rise of the anti-work movement and current theories of 'fully automated luxury communism' have seen art topple from its privileged pl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beech, Dave (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Pluto Press, 2019.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Postcapitalism, Critique and Art; 1. What is Postcapitalism?; 2. Art's Hostility to Capitalism; 3. Artists and the Politics of Work; 4. Avant-Gardism and the Meanings of Automation; 5. Laziness and the Technologies of Rest; Conclusion: Gratuity, Digitalisation and Value; Notes; Bibliography; Index