No other Marxist text has come close to achieving the fame and
influence of _The Communist Manifesto_. Translated into over 100
languages, this clarion call to the workers of the world radically
shaped the events of the twentieth century. But what relevance does it
have for us today?
In this slim book Slavoj Zizek argues that, while exploitation no
longer occurs the way Marx described it, it has by no means
disappeared; on the contrary, the profit once generated through the
exploitation of workers has been transformed into rent appropriated
through the privatization of the ‘general intellect’.
Entrepreneurs like Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg have become
extremely wealthy not because they are exploiting their workers but
because they are appropriating the rent for allowing millions of
people to participate in the new form of the ‘general intellect’
that they own and control. But, even if Marx’s analysis can no
longer be applied to our contemporary world of global capitalism
without significant revision, the fundamental problem with which he
was concerned, the problem of the commons in all its dimensions - the
commons of nature, the cultural commons, and the commons as the
universal space of humanity from which no one should be excluded -
remains as relevant as ever.
This timely reflection on the enduring relevance of _The Communist
Manifesto_ will be of great value to everyone interested in the key
questions of radical politics today.
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ISBN
9781509536122
Publisert
2019
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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