The Violence of Financial Capitalism

Christian Marazzi (Italian University School of Switzerland), Kristina Lebedeva, Jason Francis Mc Gimsey

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Italian

Semiotext(e)
07 January 2011

Globalization; Economics & Business; Economic theory & philosophy; Industrial arbitration & negotiation

Series: Semiotext(e) / Intervention Series

"An updated edition of a groundbreaking work on the global financial crisis from a postfordist perspective.

The 2010 English-language edition of Christian Marazzi's The Violence of Financial Capitalism made a groundbreaking work on the global financial crisis available to an expanded readership. This new edition has been updated to reflect recent events, up to and including the G20 summit in July 2010 and the broad consensus to reduce government spending that emerged from it. Marazzi, a leading figure in the European postfordist movement, argues that the processes of financialization are not simply irregularities between the traditional categories of wages, rent, and profit, but rather a new type of accumulation adapted to the processes of social and cognitive production today. The financial crisis, he contends, is a fundamental component of contemporary accumulation and not a classic lack of economic growth. Marazzi shows that individual debt and the management of financial markets are actually techniques for governing the transformations of immaterial labor, general intellect, and social cooperation. The financial crisis has radically undermined the very concept of unilateral and multilateral economico-political hegemony, and Marazzi discusses efforts toward a new geomonetary order that have emerged around the globe in response. Offering a radically new understanding of the current stage of international economics as well as crucial post-Marxist guidance for confronting capitalism in its newest form, The Violence of Financial Capitalism is a valuable addition to the contemporary arsenal of postfordist thought. This edition includes the glossary of the esoteric neolanguage of financial capitalism-""Words in Crisis,"" from ""AAA"" to ""toxic asset""-written for the first English-language edition, and offers a new afterword by Marazzi."

By: Christian Marazzi (Italian University School of Switzerland)
Translated by: Kristina Lebedeva, Jason Francis Mc Gimsey
Imprint: Semiotext(e)
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Volume: 2
Dimensions: Height: 178mm, Width: 114mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 136g
ISBN: 9781584351023
ISBN 10: 1584351020
Series: Semiotext(e) / Intervention Series
Pages: 136
Publication Date: 07 January 2011
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Christian Marazzi is Professor and Director of Socio-Economic Research at the Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana. He is the author of Capital and Language: From the New Economy to the War Economy (Semiotext(e), 2008).