{"product_id":"reification-or-the-anxiety-of-late-capitalism-paperback","title":"Reification, or the Anxiety of Late Capitalism - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTimothy Bewes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf all the concepts which have emerged to describe the effects of capitalism on the human world, none is more graphic or easily grasped than \"reification\"--the process by which men and women are turned into objects, things. Arising out of Marx's account of commodity fetishism, the concept of reification offers an unrivalled tool with which to explain the real consequences of the power of capital on consciousness itself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSymptoms of reification are proliferating around us--from the branding of goods and services to racial and sexual stereotypes, all forms of religious faith, the growth of nationalism, and recent concepts like \"spin\" and \"globalization.\" At such a time, the term ought to enjoy greater critical currency than ever. Recent thinkers, however, have expressed deep reservations about the concept, and the term has become marginalized in the humanities and social societies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEschewing this trend, Timothy Bewes opens up a new formulation of the concept, claiming that, in the highly reflective age of \"late capitalism,\" reification is best understood as a form of social and cultural \u003ci\u003eanxiety\u003c\/i\u003e further, that such an understanding returns the concept to its origins in the work of Georg Luk cs. Drawing upon writers including Kierkegaard, Herman Melville, Proust and Flannery O'Connor, he outlines a theory of reification which promises to unite politics with truth, art with experience, and philosophy with real life.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimothy Bewes\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of English at Brown University. He is an editor of \u003ci\u003eNew Formations\u003c\/i\u003e and a contributor to \u003ci\u003eNew Left Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Literary History\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eParallax\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.01 x 8.68 x 5.36 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42107873427591,"sku":"9781859844564","price":34.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/b10cf9fc77a7dd922ff93f19a52713db.webp?v=1732460522","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/reification-or-the-anxiety-of-late-capitalism-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}