Book

Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?

(Zero Books)

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 cap

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Mark Fisher (3)

“Curtis attacks the internet because, in his view, it facilitates communities of solipsists, interpassive networks of like-minds who confirm, rather than challenge, each others’ assumptions and prejudices. Instead of having to confront other points of view in a contested public space, these communiti…”

— Mark Fisher, amazon.com

Tagged: Confirmation Bias

“The fantasy being that western consumerism, far from being intrinsically implicated in systemic global inequalities, could itself solve them. All we have to do is buy the right products.”

— Mark Fisher, amazon.com

Tagged: Capitalism, Reorienting Thought And Action Away

“It’s easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.”

— Mark Fisher, amazon.com

Tagged: Capitalism, Eschatology, Doomsday, Overcoming Capitalism