Capitalist realism is there no alternative?
It is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism. After 1989, capitalism has successfully presented itself as the only realistic political-economic system - a situation that the bank crisis of 2008, far from ending, actually compounded. The book analyses the development and pr...
| Main Author: | Fisher, Mark, 1968-2017 (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Alresford, Hampshire, UK :
Zer0 Books,
2022.
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
| Series: |
Zer0 classics
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| Summary: |
It is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism. After 1989, capitalism has successfully presented itself as the only realistic political-economic system - a situation that the bank crisis of 2008, far from ending, actually compounded. The book analyses the development and principal features of this capitalist realism as a lived ideological framework. Using examples from politics, film (Children Of Men, Jason Bourne, Supernanny), fiction (Le Guin and Kafka), work and education, it argues that capitalist realism colors all areas of contemporary experience, is anything but realistic and asks how capitalism and its inconsistencies can be challenged. It is a sharp analysis of the post-ideological malaise that suggests that the economics and politics of free market neo-liberalism are givens rather than constructions. |
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| Item Description: |
Previously published in 2014. |
| Physical Description: |
xxviii, 89 pages ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: |
9781803414300 1803414308 |
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