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In The Political Economy of the Spectacle and Postmodern Caste, John Asimakopoulos analyzes the political economy of the society of the spectacle, a philosophical concept developed by Guy Debord and Jean Baudrillard. Using the analytical tools of social science, while historicizing, Asimakopoulos reveals that all societies in every epoch have been and continue to be caste systems legitimized by various ideologies. He concludes there is no such thing as capitalism (or socialism)—only a caste system hidden behind capitalist ideology. Key features of the book include its broad interdisciplinary-nonsectarian approach with quantitative and qualitative data. The Political Economy of the Spectacle and Postmodern Caste is well written and clear, making it accessible to the general public.
Price: $181.00
Pages: 232
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Studies in Critical Social Sciences
Publication Date:
17 October 2019
ISBN: 9789004297043
Format: Hardcover
“People have to engage in autonomous extra-institutional action to change social relations.” Asimakopoulos’s important concluding point captures the vital agenda which motivated the arguments of his new book. In accessible, straightforward and jargon-free prose, and elaborating upon Castoriadis’s, Foucault’s, Debord’s and Baudrillard’s insights, he raises fundamental and challenging questions for radical theory and praxis, and concurrently, he draws out the social and political implications of his analysis of the political economy of the society of the spectacle. Asimakopoulos’s passion and commitment are remarkable.
-- Christos Memos, author of Castoriadis and Critical Theory, Lecturer, University of Abertay Dundee, Scotland
Busting out of Plato’s cave: the title of the introduction tells us what the book is about. How do we get out of here, out of this cave of lies and oppression? This is the only question worth asking. John Asimakopoulos explores the cave to its horrible depths in lively detail. And leaves us with the question of whether there is any way out other than stringing the rich up from the nearest lamppost.
-- John Holloway, author of many books, Professor, Autonomous University of Puebla, Mexico.
-- Christos Memos, author of Castoriadis and Critical Theory, Lecturer, University of Abertay Dundee, Scotland
Busting out of Plato’s cave: the title of the introduction tells us what the book is about. How do we get out of here, out of this cave of lies and oppression? This is the only question worth asking. John Asimakopoulos explores the cave to its horrible depths in lively detail. And leaves us with the question of whether there is any way out other than stringing the rich up from the nearest lamppost.
-- John Holloway, author of many books, Professor, Autonomous University of Puebla, Mexico.
John Asimakopoulos, Ph.D., is Full Professor of Sociology at the City University of New York. His publications include Revolt! (Transformative Studies Institute, 2011), The Accumulation of Freedom (AK Press, 2012, with Eric Shannon and Anthony J. Nocella), Social Structures of Direct Democracy (Brill, 2014), and Against Capital in the Twenty-First Century (Temple University Press, 2018).