Crisis and Criticism
Literary, Cultural and Political Essays, 2009–2021
Haymarket Books · Print & ebook · January 17, 2025
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- Who it’s for
- Essays examine literary, cultural, and political responses to capitalism’s 2007–08 crisis.
- Genres
- Critical Theory, Capitalism & Markets, Literary Theory
- Published
- Haymarket Books, January 17, 2025
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Crisis and Criticism brings together a series of interventions from 2009 to 2021 engaging with the literary, cultural and political responses to the capitalist crisis of 2007–8. Challenging the tendency to treat crisis as natural and beyond human control, Benjamin Noys interrogates our cultural understanding of crisis and suggests the necessity of ruthless criticism of the existing world.
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While responses to crisis have retreated from the critical, choosing to inhabit apocalyptic fantasies instead, Noys makes a rousing argument that only a critical understanding of the causes of crisis within capitalism itself can promise their eventual overcoming.
Capitalist Crisis
Essays examine literary, cultural, and political responses to capitalism’s 2007–08 crisis.
Come here for
- Interventions spanning 2009–2021 on the capitalist crisis of 2007–08.
Expect
- Criticism of crisis treated as natural or beyond human control.
Where it sits
| Critical Theory | 63% |
|---|---|
| Literary Theory | 20% |
| Capitalism & Markets | 19% |
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Publisher categories
- Literary Theory
- Politics in Literature
- Political Economy
- Authors
- Benjamin Noys
- Publisher
- Haymarket Books
- Published
- January 17, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Literary Theory