{"product_id":"capital-in-the-mirror-critical-social-theory-and-the-aesthetic-dimension-hardcover","title":"Capital in the Mirror: Critical Social Theory and the Aesthetic Dimension - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDan Krier\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMark P. Worrell\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnalyzes contemporary capitalism through the products of culture and art for fresh insight into emancipatory possibilities concealed within capitalism's darkest dynamics.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAesthetic objects, crafted as poetic reflections of the contradictory worlds that they inhabit, are simultaneously theorized and theorizing. In \u003ci\u003eCapital in the Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e, eminent critical theorists explore the aesthetic dimension for reflective visions of capital that are difficult to obtain through even the most rigorous statistical analyses. Chapters address inequality, alienation, ideology, warfare, and other problems of contemporary capitalism through the cultural prisms of Herman Melville, Thomas Mann, Charles Dickens, J. W. Goethe, Friedrich Hölderlin, Walt Whitman, Bertolt Brecht, and science-fiction cinema. Famous narrative elements in their works, such as Ahab's pursuit of the white whale in Melville's \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/i\u003e, demonic production and perverse desire in Mann's \u003ci\u003eDoctor Faustus\u003c\/i\u003e, socially electrified bodies of Whitman's \u003ci\u003eLeaves of Grass\u003c\/i\u003e, and dystopian projections of current sci-fi cinema, are theorized as stylistically distorted reflections of social life within capital. The authors reveal theoretical powers latent within these condensed images that prefigure the dark dynamics of capitalism. Focusing on dark images of domination and also prophetic images of transformation, the book points the way toward emancipation, social regeneration, and human flourishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDan Krier \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Sociology at Iowa State University and the author of \u003ci\u003eSpeculative Management: Stock Market Power and Corporate Change\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by SUNY Press. \u003cb\u003eMark P. Worrell \u003c\/b\u003eis retired Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York College at Cortland and serves as an associate editor for the journal \u003ci\u003eCritical Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e. Together they have coedited \u003ci\u003eThe Social Ontology of Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCapitalism's Future: Alienation, Emancipation, and Critique\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 344\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52725316518195,"sku":"9781438477756","price":184.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/BZ3Gf9H9Hh9781438477756.webp?v=1763708353","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/capital-in-the-mirror-critical-social-theory-and-the-aesthetic-dimension-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}