{"product_id":"capitalism-a-horror-story-gothic-marxism-and-the-dark-side-of-the-radical-imagination-9781914420887","title":"Capitalism: A Horror Story: Gothic Marxism and the Dark Side of the Radical Imagination","description":"\u003cb\u003eA horror-story history of capitalism and its relationship to the haunted and the gothic, and a manifesto of Gothic Marxism, which finds revolutionary hope in the nightmare of modernity.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat does it mean to see horror in capitalism? What can horror tell us about the state and nature of capitalism?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBlending film criticism, cultural theory, and philosophy, \u003ci\u003eCapitalism: A Horror Story\u003c\/i\u003e examines literature, film, and philosophy, from Frankenstein to contemporary cinema, delving into the socio-political function of the monster, the haunted nature of the digital world, and the inescapable horror of contemporary capitalist politics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRevitalizing the tradition of Romantic anticapitalism and offering a \"dark way of being red\", \u003ci\u003eCapitalism: A Horror Story\u003c\/i\u003e argues for a Gothic Marxism, showing how we can find revolutionary hope in horror- a site of monstrous becoming that opens the door to a Utopian future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJon Greenaway\u003c\/b\u003e is a horror expert, with a PhD from the Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies. He is the co-host of the leftist film analysis podcast \u003ci\u003eHorror Vanguard\u003c\/i\u003e and his work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian, The New York Times, The Baffler\u003c\/i\u003e and a host of other online publications. He lives and works in the North of England.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Repeater","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50613683454226,"sku":"9781914420887","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_09b7f433-b5a5-429a-9315-a19816b891ad.jpg?v=1732413822","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/capitalism-a-horror-story-gothic-marxism-and-the-dark-side-of-the-radical-imagination-9781914420887","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}