Mute Compulsion keyword-quincey and seeks to avoid the

and seeks to avoid the typical errors of either functionalism or historicism

Mahler and Debussy in the nineteenth

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rather than as an advocate of communism

Mute Compulsion keyword-quincey and seeks to avoid theDespite insoluble contradictions, intense volatility and fierce resistance, the crisis ridden capitalism of the 21st century lingers on. To understand capitals paradoxical expansion and entrenchment amidst crisis and unrest, Mute Compulsionoffers a novel theory of the historically unique forms of abstract and impersonal power set in motion by the subjection of social life to the profit imperative. Building on a critical reconstruction of Karl Marxs