''For a New Critique of Political Economy'' (french: Pour une nouvelle critique de l'économie politique) () is a book by French philosopher

Bernard Stiegler Bernard Stiegler (; 1 April 1952 – 5 August 2020) was a French philosopher. He was head of the Institut de recherche et d'innovation (IRI), which he founded in 2006 at the Centre Georges-Pompidou. He was also the founder in 2005 of the polit ...

. It was published in 2010 by Polity Press and is translated by

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. The book is composed of two separate but related parts: "For a New Critique of Political Economy," and "Pharmacology of Capital and Economy of Contribution." The first section was published as a short book in France, ''Pour une nouvelle critique de l'économie politique'' (2009) , whereas the second section is part of a larger work published in France under the title, ''Ce qui fait que la vie vaut la peine d'être vécue'' (2010) . Both sections constitute a response to the

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, and introduce Stiegler's ideas about the relation of technology and economy, as well as calling for a new consideration of the questions emerging from the crisis. Key figures discussed in the book are

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and

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References

{{Critique of political economy Works by Bernard Stiegler 2010 non-fiction books Books in philosophy of technology Critique of political economy Polity (publisher) books