John Holloway Boeken

We Are the Crisis of Capital collects articles and excerpts written by radical academic, theorist, and activist John Holloway over a period of forty years. This collection asks, "Is there a way out?" How do we break capital, a form of social organisation that dehumanises us and threatens to annihilate us completely? How do we create a world based on the mutual recognition of human dignity? Holloway's work answers loudly, "By screaming NO!" By thinking from our own anger and creativity. By trying to recover the "we" buried under the categories of capitalist thought. By opening those categories and discovering the antagonism they conceal and by discovering that behind the concepts of money, state, capital, crisis, and so on, there moves our resistance-and-rebellion. An approach sometimes referred to as Open Marxism, it is an attempt to rethink Marxism as daily struggle. The articles move forward, influenced by the German state derivation debates of the 1970s, by the CSE debates in Britain, and the group around the Edinburgh journal Common Sense, and then moving on to Mexico and the wonderful stimulus of the Zapatista uprising, and now the continuing whirl of discussion with colleagues and students in the Posgrado de Sociología of the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla.

Crack Capitalism, argues that radical change can only come about through the creation, expansion and multiplication of weak points, or "cracks" in the capitalist system. John Holloway's previous book, Change the World Without Taking Power, sparked a world-wide debate among activists about the most effective methods of resisting capitalism. Now Holloway rejects the idea of a disconnected plurality of struggles and finds a unifying contradiction -- the opposition between the time we spend working as part of the system and our excess "doing" where we revolt and refuse to be subsumed. Clearly and accessibly presented in the form of 33 theses, Crack Capitalism is set to reopen the debate among radical scholars and activists seeking to break capitalism.

At a low point for the left, one of the world's leading Marxist philosophers demonstrates the grounds for revolutionary hope

The wave of political demonstrations since Seattle have crystallised a new trend in left-wing politics. Modern protest movements are grounding their actions in both Marxism and Anarchism, fighting for radical social change in terms that have nothing to do with the taking of state power. This is in clear opposition to the traditional Marxist theory of revolution which centres on taking state power. In this book, John Holloway asks how we can reformulate our understanding of revolution as the struggle against power, not for power. After a century of failed attempts by revolutionary and reformist movements to bring about radical social change, the concept of revolution itself is in crisis. John Holloway opens up the theoretical debate, reposing some of the basic concepts of Marxism in a critical development of the subversive Marxist tradition represented by Adorno, Bloch and Lukacs, amongst others, and grounded in a rethinking of Marx's concept of 'fetishisation' -- how doing is transformed into being. -- Publisher description

Based on three lectures delivered by John Holloway at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. The lectures focus on what anti-capitalist revolution can mean today--after the historic failure of the idea that the conquest of state power was the key to radical change

Focusing on the vocabulary and perspectives of twentieth-century criticism, this book critiques the interpretations of Shakespeare's major tragedies, including Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, King Lear, Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, and Timon of Athens. John Holloway delves into the nuances of critical analysis, offering insights that challenge conventional readings and encouraging a deeper understanding of these iconic works.

The book features a collection of essays by Professor John Holloway that explores both classic and contemporary English novelists. Through insightful analysis, Holloway examines the works of renowned authors, providing a deep understanding of their contributions to literature. The essays reflect on themes, styles, and the evolution of the English novel, making it a valuable resource for literary enthusiasts seeking to appreciate the nuances of both historical and modern narratives.

Focusing on the evolution of individual consciousness, the book delves into the profound transformations that have occurred over the past century. John Holloway examines how societal, cultural, and technological shifts have reshaped our understanding of self and identity, offering insights into the implications of these changes for personal and collective experiences. Through this exploration, he invites readers to reflect on the complexities of modern consciousness and its impact on human existence.