Tag Archives: Marcuse

Labor, Automation, and Refusal

Posted on October 13, 2015 by edmundberger

Marxism has, and had for a quite a long time, a problem with the question of work. This is not to say that Marxism can be confused with the insistence of its antagonist, capitalism, over the relations of labor and … Continue reading →

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Technics in the Rear-view Mirror

Posted on April 13, 2015 by edmundberger

[Text fragment from a work in progress] It is by no accident that the theme of the “Eternal Network” emerged in the ferment of the 1960s and the dawning of the 1970s. It was precisely in this time that the … Continue reading →

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Anti-Oedipus and Orgone

Posted on August 10, 2013 by edmundberger

In Anti-Oedipus, Deleuze and Guattari acknowledge that both the post-Freudian psychologist Wilhelm Reich and the Frankfurt School theorist Herbert Marcuse acted as forerunners of their own particular brand of libidinal politics. Reich, in a series of books including The Mass … Continue reading →

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From Socialism to Neoliberalism: A Story of Capture (Part 1 of 2)

Posted on July 24, 2013 by edmundberger

[The following comes from a text I had worked on several years ago. For a variety of reasons, the project never came to fruition, but I’ve been revisiting my notes from this period in preparation for my current work. Note: … Continue reading →

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