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Søren Mau on Communism, Capitalism, and Social Democracy

Søren Mau discusses what communism might look like, as well as the key themes in his book Mute Compulsion: A Marxist Theory of the Economic Power of Capital.

6 February 2024

Søren Mau on Communism, Capitalism, and Social Democracy

What do we want communism to look like? Søren Mau discusses communist modes of production, Left utopian ideas, the transcendental power of capitalism, and his book, Mute Compulsion: A Marxist Theory of the Economic Power of Capital. He is interviewed by Richard Hames, audio producer at Novara Media.

Read his essay on the Verso blog, referenced in the interview, Communism is Freedom.

Mute Compulsion: A Marxist Theory of the Economic Power of Capital is out now.

Søren Mau is a communist philosopher and postdoctoral researcher based in Copenhagen, Denmark. He is an editor of the journal Historical Materialism and a member of the board of the Danish Society for Marxist Studies.

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Mute Compulsion
Despite insoluble contradictions, intense volatility and fierce resistance, the crisis-ridden capitalism of the 21st century lingers on. To understand capital’s paradoxical expansion and entrenchme...

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