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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Dave BeechPublisher: Pluto Press Imprint: Pluto Press Weight: 0.212kg ISBN: 9780745339245ISBN 10: 0745339247 Pages: 160 Publication Date: 20 October 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: Postcapitalism, Critique and Art 1. What is Postcapitalism? 2. Art’s Hostility to Capitalism 3. Artists and the Politics of Work 4. Avant-Gardism and the Meanings of Automation 5. Laziness and the Technologies of Rest Conclusion: Gratuity, Digitalisation and Value Notes Bibliography IndexReviews'Filled with thrilling uncomfortable insights, 'Art and Postcapitalism' offers a unique critical position that rubs against the grain. With this timely intervention, Dave Beech solidifies his position as the voice to follow in the discourse on art and labour' -- Paul Mason, author of 'Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future' 'Amplifying his previous defense of art's unique anti-capitalist status, Beech challenges post-capitalist fantasies envisioning either a future society of artists, or a utopia of aestheticized labor. I know of no other writer who so clearly lays-out the stakes regarding arts relation to value production, or what might follow upon capital's elimination' -- Gregory Sholette, author of 'Dark Matter' and 'Delirium and Resistance' (Pluto Press) 'Filled with thrilling uncomfortable insights, 'Art and Postcapitalism' offers a unique critical position that rubs against the grain. With this timely intervention, Dave Beech solidifies his position as the voice to follow in the discourse on art and labour' -- Paul Mason, author of 'Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future' 'Amplifying his previous defence of art's unique anti-capitalist status, Beech challenges post-capitalist fantasies envisioning either a future society of artists, or a utopia of aestheticised labour. I know of no other writer who so clearly lays-out the stakes regarding arts relation to value production, or what might follow upon capital's elimination' -- Gregory Sholette, author of 'Dark Matter' and 'Delirium and Resistance' (Pluto Press) Author InformationDave Beech is Professor of Art at Valand Academy, University of Gothenburg. He is the author of Art and Value: Art's Economic Exceptionalism in Classical, Neoclassical and Marxist Economics (Brill 2015) which was shortlisted for the Deutscher Memorial Prize. He co-authored The Philistine Controversy (Verso, 2002) and Art and Text (Blackdog Books, 2011). He is a founding co-editor of the journal Art and the Public Sphere. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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