Rahel Jaeggi

its way too wordy, overwritten, overwrought, and takes a long time to say some relatively obvious things

but, frustratingly, some of these arguments are necessary to deal seriously w obnoxious liberal (conservative) know-it-alls, if one has the patience to show them why they're wrong abt critical thinking and radical change

This is one of the more accessible books on critical theory vis-à-vis capitalism, not least because it is in the form of a dialogue. (It belongs on the shelf with Alain Badiou's The True Life in this regard). Theory pleeb & praxis aplenty here.