In the context of a pervasive and long-standing financial crisis, Joseph Vogl questions the capitalist system, its secrets, its
modus operandi, and the way it perpetuates itself. One of the most noteworthy books on the
economic crisis in Europe.
Joseph Vogl (born 1957) is Professor of
German Literature, Cultural and Media Studies at Humboldt University Berlin and Permanent Visiting Professor at Princeton University. He has published numerous books and articles and has also translated major contemporary
French philosophers such as
Gilles Deleuze and Jean-François Lyotard.