Christian Fuchs. 2020. Communication and Capitalism: A Critical Theory. London: University of Westminster Press. 406 pages. https://doi.org/10.16997/book45 Available as paperback and as gratis open access e-book Book launch talk "Capitalism & Communication: Critical Theory in the Age of the Internet & Digital Capitalism": https://youtu.be/liiEEumaLfs Going beyond Jürgen Habermas’ theory of communicative action, Christian Fuchs outlines foundation of a critical, dialectical, humanist approach to theorising communication in society and in capitalism. -- "an impressive wide-ranging book”. Prof Michael Hardt, Duke University -- "a comprehensive approach to understanding and transcending the deepening crisis of communicative capitalism" Prof Graham Murdock, Loughborough University German translation: Christian Fuchs. 2020. Kommunikation und Kapitalismus. Eine kritische Theorie. München: UVK/utb. ISBN 978-3-8252-5239-7. 501 Seiten. http://fuchs.uti.at/books/kommunikation-und-kapitalismus/ Table of Contents: 1. Introduction Part I: Foundations of Communicative Materialism 2. Materialism 3. Materialism and Society 4. Communication and Society Part II: Communication in Capitalist Society 5. Capitalism and Communication 6. Communication Technologies: Means of Communication as Means of Production 7. Communication Society 8. Political Communication in the Public Sphere 9. Ideology 10. Nationalism, Communication, Ideology 11. Global Communication and Imperialism Part III: The Materialist Transcendence of Communicative Capitalism 12. Communication Society as Society of the Commons 13. Death and Love: The Metaphysics of Communication 14. Communication and Struggles for Alternatives 15. Conclusion: Advancing a Dialectical, Humanist, Critical Theory of Communication and Society