Capital's grave : neofeudalism and the new class struggle / Jodi Dean.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dean, Jodi, 1962- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Service industries workers--Social conditions.

Service industries workers.

Service industries--Social aspects.

Service industries.

Feudalism.

Capitalism.

Neoliberalism.

feudalism.

Physical Description:

x, 180 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Verso, 2025.

Summary:

"Bringing together analyses from different fields—law, technology, Marxism, and psychoanalysis—Jodi Dean shows the direction the contemporary world is heading: neofeudalism. Feudalism isn’t just a metaphor. It’s the operating system for the present. Politics and plunder thrive in the capitalist pursuit of profit, and the many are bound to serve the few, coerced into a system of rents, destruction, and hoarding driven by privilege and dependence. The question is: In a society of serfs and servants, how do we get free? With the rise of neofeudalism, and as more and more workers are drawn into the service sector—from nurses to Uber and delivery drivers—Dean argues that we can see the emergence of a new vanguard, the class that can lead the struggle for liberation from oppression and exploitation: what she calls the servant vanguard." -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction. Capital's grave

What the Grundrisse tells us about Uber

Forward can be backward : on transition and temporality

Neofeudalism's basic features

The subject supposed to care

Conclusion. The servant vanguard.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Dean, Jodi, 1962- Capital's grave

ISBN:

9781804295199

1804295191

OCLC:

1473151813

Publisher Number:

CIPO000188251