Signs and Machines: Capitalism and the Production of Subjectivity by Maurizio La

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Signs and Machines by Maurizio Lazzarato, Joshua David Jordan An analysis of how capitalism today produces subjectivity like any other "good," and what would allow us to escape its hold. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description An analysis of how capitalism today produces subjectivity like any other "good," and what would allow us to escape its hold."Capital is a semiotic operator"- this assertion by Felix Guattari is at the heart of Maurizio Lazzaratos Signs and Machines, which asks us to leave behind the logocentrism that still informs so many critical theories. Lazzarato calls instead for a new theory capable of explaining how signs function in the economy, in power apparatuses, and in the production of subjectivity.Moving beyond the dualism of signifier and signified, Signs and Machines shows how signs act as "sign-operators" that enter directly into material flows and into the functioning of machines. Money, the stock market, price differentials, algorithms, and scientific equations and formulas constitute semiotic "motors" that make capitalisms social and technical machines run, bypassing representation and consciousness to produce social subjections and semiotic enslavements.Lazzarato contrasts Deleuze and Guattaris complex semiotics with the political theories of Jacques Ranci re, Antonio Negri and Michael Hardt, Paolo Virno, and Judith Butler, for whom language and the public space it opens still play a fundamental role. Lazzarato asks- What are the conditions necessary for political and existential rupture at a time when the production of subjectivity represents the primary and perhaps most important work of capitalism? What are the specific tools required to undo the industrial mass production of subjectivity undertaken by business and the state? What types of organization must we construct for a process of subjectivation that would allow us to escape the hold of social subjection and machinic enslavement? In addressing these questions, Signs and Machines takes on a task that is today more urgent than ever. Author Biography Maurizio Lazzarato is a sociologist and philosopher in Paris. He is the author of Governing by Debt and Signs and Machines- Capitalism and the Production of Subjectivity, both published by Semiotext(e). Details ISBN1584351306 Author Joshua David Jordan Pages 280 Year 2014 Translator Joshua David Jordan ISBN-10 1584351306 ISBN-13 9781584351306 Format Paperback Imprint Semiotext Subtitle Capitalism and the Production of Subjectivity Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Translated from French DEWEY 302.2 Short Title SIGNS & MACHINES Language English Media Book Audience Age 18 Publisher Autonomedia Publication Date 2014-05-02 UK Release Date 2014-05-02 AU Release Date 2014-05-02 NZ Release Date 2014-05-02 US Release Date 2014-05-02 Audience Professional & Vocational Series Signs and Machines We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. SECURE PAYMENT Peace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:79879158;

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