https://at-ceu.studyguide.timeedit.net/modules/SOCL5470?type=CORECapitalism has been with us for centuries. It has gone through considerable transformations from 19th century industrial capitalism, in which its critique is rooted, to its 20th century bureaucratic state-centered and neoliberal versions. The last couple of decades have brought rapid technological change, revelations about the limits of growth, new forms in the organization of the market, and the labor process. The class will survey some of these recent changes and how they influence our life, the nature, and the critique of the system. It is not a theory class, but it considers the implications of these developments for critical theory. Can capitalism be both the same and change constantly? Do we need to adjust our analytical and political tools? Labor is at the core of the theoretical understanding and critique of capitalism, and its transformation raises questions that are pertinent to the renewal of critical theory, this will thus be one of the central points of the class--both in terms of macro-level changes and micro-level practices through ethnographic analyses. How has the nature of work and the understanding of value changed with automation, financialization, digitization and the 'economy of attention'? How has it affected labor subjectivities? We'll discuss the sharing economy, digital platforms, gigs, 'cool jobs' and 'bullshit jobs,' the role and politics of technology, the environmental limits of growth, and the uneven geography of these transformations.