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In my talk, I will engage with the intersection of psychoanalysis and the critique of political economy from the viewpoint of capitalism鈥檚 antisocial tendencies. Aggression, ressentiment, and violence are key to capitalism鈥檚 affective condition, and thus, also at the core of its critique. In this sense we could revisit Marx鈥檚 rejection of economic liberalism and what鈥檚 usually understood as Freud鈥檚 pessimistic view of the modern cultural condition as working through or against antisocial feelings. An important meeting point between both, the critical and clinical framework, is the concept of the drive and in particular the "capitalist destiny鈥� of the drive , which 鈥� fixated on a useless object (surplus-value) 鈥� fuels its aggressive and eventually destructive actualization. Thinking capitalism鈥檚 affective conditions through the drive, my talk will outline a rough genealogy of ressentiment as the privileged affective expression of capitalism鈥檚 antisocial tendencies.

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The Marxism in Culture seminar series was conceived in 2002 to provide a forum for those committed to the continuing relevance of Marxism for cultural analysis. Both 鈥楳arxism鈥� and 鈥榗ulture鈥� are conceived here in a broad sense. We understand Marxism as an ongoing self-critical tradition, and correspondingly the critique of Marxism's own history and premises is part of the agenda. 鈥楥ulture鈥� is intended to comprehend not only the traditional fine arts, but also aspects of popular culture such as film, popular music and fashion.聽