The Futures of Racial Capitalism

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By Gargi Bhattacharyya

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The Futures of Racial Capitalism by Gargi Bhattacharyya explores the persistent crises of capitalism intertwined with enduring forms of racism and exclusion. Through the focused lenses of prisons, borders, debt, and digital platforms, the book reveals how racialised hierarchies are reconfigured as capitalism continues to position different groups as variably expendable. Bhattacharyya examines techniques of value extraction beyond wages, highlighting the racialised mechanisms of accumulation and state power. This work provides a compelling introduction to racial capitalism, essential for understanding ongoing struggles around race, inequality, and economic systems.
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Perfect for students, scholars, and readers interested in race, racism, capitalism, and social justice. This book suits those seeking a thoughtful and critical exploration of economic and racial inequalities, particularly within educational and academic contexts.

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Capitalism appears to be endlessly in crisis but without ever loosening its hold on our lives. New modes of racism and exclusion emerge, but the old ones never go away. We continue to struggle to live and survive in its wake but are unable, still now, to build commonality with each other.

In this incisive book, Gargi Bhattacharyya revisits debates about racial capitalism and its violence through differentiation. Taking the four lenses of prisons, borders, debt and platforms, Bhattacharyya reveals how this moment of capitalist crisis positions humans as expendable, but differentially so, in a process that remakes longstanding racialized hierarchies.

Uncovering practices and techniques embedded in the shifting processes of accumulation and state power, the chapters illuminate how value is extracted from populations through non-wage routes and indebtedness.

This engaging introduction to racial capitalism offers an interlocking and insightful analysis of capitalist renewal, essential for students and scholars interested in issues of race, racism and inequality.

The Futures of Racial Capitalism provides a comprehensive look into these pressing concerns, making it an indispensable resource for understanding the complexities of modern capitalism and racial dynamics.

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"Gripping in its exposition and profound in its insights," writes Arun Kundnani, recognising Bhattacharyya as a leading public intellectual. Sivamohan Valluvan describes it as a work that "refuses analytic comforts and invites collective resistance" against racial capitalism's evolving injustices. The Earthbound Report underscores the author's modest yet important effort to illuminate complex social dynamics. The book is widely regarded as an insightful and landmark text in the study of race, capitalism, and social change.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781509543373

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 October 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Polity Press

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 340g

Pages: 224

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About the Author

Gargi Bhattacharyya is a sociologist and writer, based in London.