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M   D   C F This page intentionally left blank M   D   C F An Aesthetics of Political Economy Beverley Best MARX AND THE DYNAMIC OF THE CAPITAL FORMATION Copyright © Beverley Best, 2010. All rights reserved. First published in 2010 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978 –0– 230–10239–2 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Best, Beverley. Marx and the dynamic of the capital formation : an aesthetics of political economy / Beverley Best. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978– 0 –230–10239–2 (alk. paper) 1. Marxian economics. 2. Capitalism. I. Title. HB97.5.B394 2010 335.4(cid:1)1—dc22 2009041558 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: June 2010 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America. To the memory of my father, Hugh Best, who taught me the ol’ cartwheel trick. This page intentionally left blank C List of Photographs ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1 Marx’s Critique of Abstraction 11 2 Capitalism’s Process of Self-Mystification 35 3 M arx’s Theoretical Process I: Abstraction and Representation 61 4 Marx’s Theoretical Process II: Historicizing the Dialectic 87 5 Mediation as Allegory: Reading Political Economy through the Artwork of Geoffrey Farmer 117 6 The Aesthetics of Political Economy 151 7 Mapping the Collective Subject 177 Conclusion 215 Notes 221 References 231 Index 237 This page intentionally left blank P 5.1 Hunchback Kit, 2000– 122 5.2 Stills from How to Make a Gargoyle, Hunchback Kit, 2000– 123 5.3 Trailer, 2002 124 5.4 Entrepreneur Alone Returning Back to Sculptural Form, 2002 137 5.5 Entrepreneur Alone Returning Back to Sculptural Form, 2002 138 5.6 E ntrepreneur Alone Returning Back to Sculptural Form, 2002 138 5.7 Puppet Kit Personality Workshop, 2001 143 5.8 P uppet Kit Personality Workshop, 2001 144 5.9 Catriona Jeffries Catriona, 2001 148

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A close examination of Marx's dialectical method of analysis, this studies uses the lens of current debates in cultural studies, political economy, and critical sociology. It seeks to reanimate Marx's theoretical reconstruction of the capitalist formation from the point of view of recent and emergi
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