Randy Martin

Randy Martin (5 October 1957 – 28 January, 2015) was a professor of Art and Policy at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, socialist activist, and dancer.^[5]

Randy Martin
Martin at the People's University in Washington Square Park on November 8, 2011
Born	(1957-10-05)October 5, 1957[1]
Died	January 28, 2015(2015-01-28) (aged 57) New York City, US
Nationality	American
Occupation(s)	professor, scholar, dancer
Academic background
Education	Ph.D.
Alma mater	CUNY Graduate Center[2]
Thesis	Seeds of Desire: The Common Ground of Performance and Politics (Culture, Theater, Dance)[3] (1984)
Doctoral advisor	Stanley Aronowitz[3]
Academic work
Discipline	Sociology, Art
Sub-discipline	Marxism, Dance theory
Institutions	Tisch School of the Arts
Main interests	Financialization, dance, debt, Marxism[4]

Thought

Educated as a sociologist but with a background as a dancer, Martin's scholarship addresses intersections between art and politics.^[2][4] In Financialization of Daily Life, Martin examines how the shift toward financialization in the economy of the United States has subsequently affected culture, with a particular attention paid to the control of inflation and stimulation of economic growth.^[6]

Bibliography

• Martin, Randy (December 4, 2001). On Your Marx: Relinking Socialism and the Left. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 0816638969.
• Martin, Randy (October 18, 2002). Financialization Of Daily Life. Labor in Crisis. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. ISBN 1439912246.
• Martin, Randy (March 14, 2007). An Empire of Indifference: American War and the Financial Logic of Risk Management. a Social Text book. Durham: Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0822339960.
• Martin, Randy (April 17, 2015). Knowledge LTD: Toward a Social Logic of the Derivative. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. ISBN 978-0816638963.