{"product_id":"9781526131454","title":"Twenty-first-century capital","description":"Author: Aleksander Buzgalin\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526131454\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Oct 2021\u003cbr\u003ePages: 280 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow would Marx have understood twenty-first-century capitalism? For Buzgalin and Kolganov, the answer lies in a theoretical investigation of how and why the fundamental elements of capitalism  commodities, money and capital   have changed since the publication of Marx\u0026amp;#x27;s \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCapital\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e more than 150 years ago.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroducing the concepts of social creativity, markets for simulacra and virtual fictitious capital  Buzgalin and Kolganov offer a recovery and development of Marx\u0026amp;#x27;s understanding of social transformations. Twenty-first century capitalism not only demonstrates Marxism\u0026amp;#x27;s relevance to the core economic questions of our time and its superiority over neoclassical economics, but it leads English-language readers into the \u0026amp;#x27;undiscovered country\u0026amp;#x27; of Soviet and post-Soviet critical Marxism. Buzgalin and Kolganov shows how these reflections relate to major theoretical developments and currents in Western Marxism, across the usually separated fields of economy and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow might modern Marxism respond to the contemporary challenges of the commodification of knowledge and information? And can it arrive at something resembling a \u003ci\u003eCapital\u003c\/i\u003e for the twenty-first century? This accessible and comprehensive account is essential reading for those wanting to understand the problems of the modern economy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47920483205278,"sku":"ING-9781526131454","price":183.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526131454.jpg?v=1782821683","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526131454","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}