{"product_id":"the-automatic-fetish-the-law-of-value-in-marxs-capital","title":"Automatic Fetish","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Automatic Fetish\u003c\/i\u003e traces Marx's analysis of capital, step by step, through the material compiled posthumously as the third volume of Capital. Identifying the critique of value as the central through line of the entire work, Beverley Best elaborates a theory of movement through which the capital machine generates social forms of appearance as the inversion of its inner operating mechanisms. Neither a return to basics nor a new-fangled reconstruction, \u003ci\u003eThe Automatic Fetish\u003c\/i\u003e eschews novelty to show once again that Marx rewards careful study.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- 'If I had to choose one book that would make the case for the relevance of Marx's critique of political economy to the humanities, this might very well be it' \u003cb\u003eColleen Lye, co-editor of \u003ci\u003eAfter Marx\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- 'The contribution of \u003ci\u003eThe Automatic Fetish\u003c\/i\u003e is hard to exaggerate' \u003cb\u003eNicholas Brown, author of \u003ci\u003eAutonomy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- 'Will make a significant contribution to the wider field of materialist theory' \u003cb\u003eJoshua Clover, author of \u003ci\u003eRiot. Strike. Riot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- 'In Best's hands, \u003ci\u003eCapital \u003c\/i\u003ebecomes not only fascinating but useful, down to its last detail. Written with clarity, focus, and urgency, Best has \"unreconstructed\" Marx for our times' \u003cb\u003eRichard Dienst, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Bonds of Debt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e- 'A groundbreaking book' \u003cb\u003eWerner Bonefeld, author of \u003ci\u003eA Critical Theory of Economic Compulsion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e- 'That rare work of theory whose practical implications just sing out loud . Surely among the most useful books on \u003ci\u003eCapital III\u003c\/i\u003e ever written' \u003cb\u003eChristopher Nealon, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Matter of Capital\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- 'Brilliant, eloquent, and precise. Best has given us one of the most profound re-readings of \u003ci\u003eCapital \u003c\/i\u003eto have appeared in a generation and an essential source' \u003cb\u003eNeil Larsen, author of \u003ci\u003eDeterminations \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Verso Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49712817766744,"sku":"9781804294802","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/the-automatic-fetish-the-law-of-value-in-marxs-capital","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}