{"product_id":"9781642599909","title":"Market and Violence","description":"\u003cp\u003eDespite their many disagreements when it comes to the subject of capitalism, Marxist and market-liberal perspectives seem to agree about one thing: the economic structures of capitalist market society have made direct violence against the person not only superfluous, but economically counterproductive. Heide Gerstenberger's\u003cem\u003eMarket and Violence\u003c\/em\u003e does not contest the thesis that there has been, in many places, a decline in the use of violence in the pursuit of profit. But it demolishes the assumption that this can be put down to the evolution of economic rationality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy means of a deep engagement with the concrete historical reality of capitalist economies, Gerstenberger establishes that, wherever capitalism has been tamed, this has been achieved only by a combination of energetic social contestation and political intervention. First published in German in 2018, the present English-language edition makes a sweeping history of capitalist violence by one of the preeminent theorists of capitalist society working today available to a wider readership.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heide Gerstenberger","offers":[{"title":"Haymarket Books |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2023-10-20","offer_id":44230063554815,"sku":"9781642599909","price":89.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_c3c12448-8905-445b-96bb-ef764b625b23.jpg?v=1692997561","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781642599909","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}