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EAN : 9782707197061
Code sériel : 475
Shaping : POCHE
Pages : 350
Size : 125 x 190 mm
THE ADVENTURES OF MERCHANDISE

Release date : 28/09/2017
It has become commonplace to say that the world is not for sale, that we must refuse the commodification of life. But nobody dares confront the central problem – where exactly are the roots of this lie, this perversion of reality that we lay at the door of money and... It has become commonplace to say that the world is not for sale, that we must refuse the commodification of life. But nobody dares confront the central problem – where exactly are the roots of this lie, this perversion of reality that we lay at the door of money and consumption?
Returning to Marx’s analysis of the fetishism of market value, Anselm Jappe shows to what extent it remains a salient point for understanding our times.
An essential critique of neoliberalism, Les Aventures de la marchandise defuses pretenses and lies to finally provide an understanding of what fuels this persistent, accepted alienation.

 
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EAN : 9782707197061
Code sériel : 475
Shaping : POCHE
Pages : 350
Size : 125 x 190 mm
La Découverte