Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? by Fisher, Mark

Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?

It is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism. After 1989,...
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Author: Mark Fisher
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Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? by Fisher, Mark

Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?

$23.02

Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?

$23.02
Author: Mark Fisher
Format: Paperback
Language: English

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.

New Edition includes:

  • Forward by Zoe Fisher, Mark's wife, talking about Mark as a person
  • Introduction by Alex Niven, his friend and colleague, talking about the political significance of the book thirteen years after it was written
  • Afterword by Tariq Goddard, the original editor and publisher, describing the writing and editing of the book, its original reception, and Mark's own view of it

"A quick and entertaining read." Socialist Standard

"A provocative and necessary read...for anyone wanting to talk seriously about the politics of education today. " Times Higher Educational Supplement



Author: Mark Fisher
Publisher: Zer0 Books
Published: 12/15/2022
Pages: 120
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 8.43h x 5.43w x 0.39d
ISBN: 9781803414300

About the Author
Mark Fisher is highly respected both as a music writer and a theorist. He writes regularly for The Wire, frieze, New Statesman, and Sight & Sound. He is a Visiting Fellow at Goldsmiths, University Of London, and maintains one of the most successful weblogs on cultural theory, k-punk (http: //k-punk.abstractdynamics.org)

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