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Originally published as Der radikale Narr des Kapitals: Jeremy Bentham, das “Panoptikum” und die “Auto-Ikone” by Matthes & Seitz Berlin: © Matthes & Seitz Berlin Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Berlin 2011.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Welzbacher, Christian, author.

Title: The radical fool of capitalism : on Jeremy Bentham, the Panopticon, and the Auto-icon / Christian Welzbacher ; translated by Elisabeth Lauffer.

Other titles: Radikale Narr des Kapitals. English

Description: Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, 2018. | Series: Untimely meditations ; 10 | Includes bibliographical references.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017047695 | ISBN 9780262535496 (pbk. : alk. paper)

eISBN 9780262347129

Subjects: LCSH: Bentham, Jeremy, 1748–1832. | Bentham, Jeremy, 1748–1832. Panopticon. | Bentham, Jeremy, 1748–1832. Auto-icon.

Classification: LCC B1574.B34 W4513 2018 | DDC 192—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017047695

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