Mute Compulsion : A Marxist Theory of the Economic Power of Capital

A new Marxist theory of the abstract and impersonal forms of power in capitalismDespite insoluble contradictions, intense volatility and fierce
resistance, the crisis-ridden capitalism of the 21st century lingers on.
To understand capital’s paradoxical expansion and entrenchment amidst
crisis and unrest, Mute Compulsion offers a novel theory of the
historically unique forms of abstract and impersonal power set in motion
by the subjection of social life to the profit imperative. Building on a
critical reconstruction of Karl Marx’s unfinished critique of political
economy and a wide range of contemporary Marxist theory, philosopher
Søren Mau sets out to explain how the logic of capital tightens its
stranglehold on the life of society by constantly remoulding the
material conditions of social reproduction. In the course of doing so,
Mau intervenes in classical and contemporary debates about the value
form, crisis theory, biopolitics, social reproduction, humanism,
logistics, agriculture, metabolism, the body, competition, technology
and relative surplus populations.