Sociology, capitalism, critique / Klaus Dörre, Stephan Lessenich, Hartmut Rosa ; translated by Jan-Peter Herrmann and Loren Balhorn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dörre, Klaus, author.

Lessenich, Stephan, author.

Rosa, Hartmut, 1965- author.

Contributor:

Herrmann, Jan-Peter, translator.

Balhorn, Loren, translator.

Standardized Title:

Soziologie - Kapitalismus - Kritik. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Capitalism--Social aspects.

Capitalism.

Sociology.

Physical Description:

ix, 342 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Brooklyn, NY : Verso, [2015]

Summary:

For years, the critique of capitalism was lost from public discourse; the very word 'capitalism' sounded like a throwback to another era. Nothing could be further from the truth today. In this new intellectual atmosphere, Sociology, Capitalism, Critique is a contribution to the renewal of critical sociology, founded on an empirically grounded diagnosis of society's ills. The authors, Germany's leading critical sociologists-Klaus Dörre, Stephan Lessenich, and Hartmut Rosa-share a conviction that ours is a pivotal period of renewal, in which the collective endeavour of academics can amount to an act of intellectual resistance, working to prevent any regressive development that might return us to neoliberal domination. The authors discuss key issues, such as questions of accumulation and expropriation; discipline and freedom; and the powerful new concepts of activation and acceleration. Their politically committed sociology, which takes the side of the losers in the current crisis, places society's future well-being at the centre of their research. Their collective approach to this project is a conscious effort to avoid co-optation in the institutional practices of the academy. These three differing but complementary perspectives serve as an insightful introduction to the contemporary themes of radical sociology in capitalism's post-crisis phase. Book jacket.

Contents:

Section I Positions

1 The New Landnahme: Dynamics and Limits of Financial Market Capitalism / Klaus Dörre Dörre, Klaus 11

2 Capitalism as a Spiral of Dynamisation: Sociology as Social Critique / Hartmut Rosa Rosa, Hartmut 67

3 Mobility and Control: On the Dialectic of the 'Active Society' / Stephan Lessenich Lessenich, Stephan 98

Section II Criticisms

4 Capitalism, Acceleration, Activation: A Criticism / Klaus Dörre Dörre, Klaus 143

5 Temporary Workers and Active Citizens: What Is Wrong with Late Modern Capitalism? / Hartmut Rosa Rosa, Hartmut 164

6 Artistic or Social Critique? On the Problematisation of a False Alternative / Stephan Lessenich Lessenich, Stephan 181

Section III Ripostes

7 Landnahme, Social Conflict, Alternatives: (More than) a Riposte / Klaus Dörre Dörre, Klaus 201

8 Antagonists and Critical Integrationists, or, What Do We Do with the Spoiled Pie? / Hartmut Rosa Rosa, Hartmut 218

9 The System in/on the Subject, or, When Three People Quarrel, (Critical) Sociology Rejoices / Stephan Lessenich Lessenich, Stephan 230.

Notes:

"First published as Soziologie - Kapitalismus - Kritik: Eine Debatte [by] Suhrkamp, 2015."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781781689325

1781689326

9781781689318

1781689318

OCLC:

881655251