Revolutions of Capitalism

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The Politics of the Event

Maurizio Lazzarato, Brian Whitener, Geo Maher

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Duke University Press
07 April 2026

Social & political philosophy; Globalization; Political science & theory; Economic systems & structures

Framed by brilliant readings of Gilles Deleuze and FÉlix Guattari, Gabriel Tarde, and Mikhail Bakhtin, Maurizio Lazzarato’s Revolutions of Capitalism charts a new theory of contemporary capitalism and the politics against it. Originally published in French in 2004, this newly translated work sees capitalism as driven, not only by labor or value, but by the capture of cooperation and by the taming of possibles. Lazzarato theorizes how contemporary capitalism depends on noo-politics, or the “action of brains at a distance on other brains,” which seeks to control memory and attention and to trap the proliferation of possibles. Against this, Lazzarato reveals how current social movements attack established institutions and their vision of a single possible world to liberate the creation and actualization of a multiplicity of possible worlds.

By: Maurizio Lazzarato
Translated by: Brian Whitener, Geo Maher
Imprint: Duke University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 445g
ISBN: 9781478038597
ISBN 10: 1478038594
Pages: 178
Publication Date: 07 April 2026
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgments vii Introduction / Brian Whitener 1 1. The Event and Politics 2. The Concepts of Life and the Living of Societies of Control 3. The Corporation and Neomonadology 4. Expression Versus Communication 5. Resistance and Creation in Postsocialist Movements Notes Bibliography Index

Maurizio Lazzarato is an Italian sociologist and philosopher, residing in Paris, France. Brian Whitener is Associate Professor of Spanish at the University at Buffalo. Geo Maher is an abolitionist educator, organizer, and writer based in Philadelphia.

Reviews for Revolutions of Capitalism: The Politics of the Event

“Drawing creatively on heterodox traditions of Italian Marxism, the schizoanalysis of Deleuze-Guattari, the literary theory of Mikhail Bakhtin and the sociology of Gabriel Tarde, this book is an important and original contribution to the social and philosophical critique of contemporary capitalism and the delineation of post- and anti-capitalist futures.”—Alberto Toscano, author of, Communism in Philosophy: Essays on Alain Badiou and Toni Negri “Unfailingly original and provocative, Lazzarato provides in this book an insightful analysis of contemporary capitalist society and its modes of control that is engaged deeply with both philosophical problematics and activist agendas.”—Michael Hardt, author of, The Subversive Seventies