ISBN:
1570273138
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9781570273131
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (114 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Graeber, David Revolutions in reverse
DDC:
303.484
Keywords:
Revolutions
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Anti-globalization movement
;
Essays
;
Anti-globalization movement
;
Essays
;
Revolutions
;
Essays
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Essays
Abstract:
"Capitalism as we know it appears to be coming apart. But as financial institutions stagger and crumble, there is no obvious alternative. There is good reason to believe that, in a generation or so, capitalism will no longer exist: for the simple reason that it's impossible to maintain an engine of perpetual growth forever on a finite planet. Yet faced with this prospect, the knee-jerk reaction is often to cling to what exists because they simply can't imagine an alternative that wouldn't be even more oppressive and destructive. The political imagination seems to have reached an impasse. Or has it? In this collection of essays David Graeber explores a wide-ranging set of topics including political strategy, global trade, debt, imagination, violence, aesthetics, alienation, and creativity. Written in the wake of the anti-globalization movement and the rise of the war on terror, these essays survey the political landscape for signs of hope in unexpected places"--Page 4 of cover
Abstract:
The shock of victory -- Hope in common -- Revolution in reverse -- Army of altruists -- The sadness of post-workerism -- Against kamikaze capitalism.
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