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Pure excess : capitalism and the commodity /

"Todd McGowan forges a new theory of capitalism as a system based on the production of more than what we need: pure excess. He argues that the promise of more-more wealth, more enjoyment, more opportunity, without requiring any sacrifice-is the essence of capitalism. Previous socioeconomic syst...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McGowan, Todd (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2025]
Subjects:
Capitalism > Social aspects.
Capitalism > Psychological aspects.
Electronic books.
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Excessively Yours
  • 1. The Apotheosis of Uselessness
  • 2. An Objective Excess
  • 3. Two Forms of Fetishism
  • 4. The Indebted Servant
  • 5. The Reasonable Paranoiac
  • 6. Portrait of the Artist as an Anticapitalist
  • Notes
  • Index