Moments of Capital: World Theory, World Literature

268 Pages·2023·9.577 MB·English

by  Eli Jelly-Schapiro

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Moments of Capital
World Theory,
World Literature
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Stanford University Press
Stanford, California
©2023 by Eli Jelly-Schapiro. All rights reserved.
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of Stanford University Press.
Printed in the United States of America on acid-free, archival-quality paper
ISBN 9781503634718 (cloth)
ISBN 9781503635432 (paper)
ISBN 9781503635449 (ebook)
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Cover design: George Kirkpatrick
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vii
IntroductIon: MoMents of capItal 1
1 prIMItIve accuMulatIon 28
2 expanded reproductIon 76
3 synthetIc dIspossessIon 120
4 InterrelatIons 162
conclusIon: World theory, World lIterature 209
Notes 215
Selected Bibliography 241
Index 247
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acknowledgments
Deep thanks:
To Liam Kennedy and Stephen Shapiro, for organizing the gathering in
Dublin and editing the volume that provoked the initial articulation of the
ideas that would become this book; to Stephen again, for being a generous
and astute interlocutor over the course of this project’s life; to Caren Irr,
for including me in a stellar special issue of Mediations, which provided fur-
ther opportunity to think through the questions at the heart of this project,
and for supporting this work in many other ways.
To Laura Finch and Tony Jarrells, who both read an early draft of
the book’s conceptual template and discerned precisely what about it was
worth elaborating, and what about it needed to change; to Daniel Hartley,
who engaged the book’s theoretical vocabulary and argument at two dif-
ferent stages, with clarifying erudition; to Greg Forter, who read the whole
manuscript and brilliantly illuminated its proper shape and substance.
To all of my cherished friends and colleagues in South Carolina.
To Caroline McKusick, Erica Wetter, and Faith Wilson Stein, at Stan-
ford University Press, for guiding the development of this book with wis-
dom and grace; to Stefan Eich and Martijn Konings, for their sharp and
timely interventions, and for embracing this book in a series I’m honored S
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to join; to Sarah Osment and Bryne Rasmussen, for their impeccable con-
tributions to the book’s final form; to the manuscript’s anonymous review-
ers, for their trenchant and vital insights.
To the Center for the Humanities at the University of California, Mer-
ced, and to the Office of the Provost and the Department of English at the
University of South Carolina, for the gift of time.
To Alicia Schmidt Camacho, Hazel Carby, Michael Denning, and Paul
Gilroy.
To Tamas, Krisztina, Pepi, Andrea, Matthew, and Ilona; to Mirissa and
Pablo; to my parents, and to my brother; to Amália, Viola, and Zsofi, with
love and wonder.
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