Art and Postcapitalism: Aesthetic Labour, Automation and Value Production

Author:   Dave Beech
Publisher:   Pluto Press
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9780745339252


Pages:   160
Publication Date:   20 October 2019
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Dave Beech
Publisher:   Pluto Press
Imprint:   Pluto Press
Weight:   0.354kg
ISBN:  

9780745339252


ISBN 10:   0745339255
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   20 October 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Acknowledgements 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 Index

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'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 Information

Dave 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.

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