Capitalist realism zero books5/25/2023 ![]() for anyone wanting to talk seriously about the politics of education today. Socialist Standard A provocative and necessary read. Publisher: Zero Books Publisher: Zero Books Publication Date: December 15th, Pages: 120 Language: English. Mark Fisher Uitgeverij: Zero Books Aantal bladzijden: 120 Hulp nodig Bel ons op 078 10 00 78 (lokaal tarief) of stuur ons. ![]() Using examples from politics, film (Children Of Men, Jason Bourne, Supernanny), fiction (Le Guin and Kafka), work and education, it argues that capitalist realism colours 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. The book analyses the development and principal features of this capitalist realism as a lived ideological framework. He was also the co-founder of Zero Books, and later Repeater Books. His book Capitalist Realism continues to define our mission. Fisher published several books, including the unexpected success Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative (2009), and contributed to publications such as The Wire, Fact, New Statesman and Sight & Sound. 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. Mark Fishers writing put Zero Books on the map in 2009. ![]() ![]() It is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism. ![]()
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