History and obstinacy / Alexander Kluge, Oskar Negt ; edited with an introduction by Devin Fore ; translated by Richard Langston, with Cyrus Shahan, Martin Brady, Helen Hughes, and Joel Golb.

  • Kluge, Alexander, 1932-
Date:
2014
  • Books

About this work

Also known as

Geschichte und Eigensinn. English

Publication/Creation

New York : Zone Books, 2014.

Physical description

541 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes

Originally published in German as Geschichte und Eigensinn, ©2008.

Contents

Part 1. The historical organization of labor capacities -- The orgins of labor capacities in separation (the permanence of primitive accumulation) -- Self-regulation as a natural characteristic -- Elements of a political economy of labor power -- Part 2. The public sphere of production -- The labor of intelligence -- The historical terrain where labor capacities emerge -- Part 3. The violence of relationships -- Was as labor -- Love politics: the obstinacy of intimacy -- Appendix: an atlas of concepts (with interspersed stories).

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language note

Translated from the German.

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    History of Medicine
    ABR /KLU
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ISBN

  • 1935408461
  • 9781935408468