Costas Panayotakis

The capitalist mode of destruction

Austerity, ecological crisis and the hollowing out of democracy

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Produktbeschreibung

This book investigates capitalism's mounting destructiveness. Tracing today's economic, ecological and democratic crises to capitalism's undemocratic use of the surplus, Panayotakis highlights the necessity of a democratic classless society, which would restore control of the surplus to those who produce it.

Produktdetails

• Geopolitical Economy
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 425g
• ISBN-13: 9781526144508
• ISBN-10: 1526144506
• Artikelnr.: 57168883

Autorenporträt

Costas Panayotakis is Professor of Sociology at the New York City College of Technology at the City University of New York

Inhaltsangabe

Confronting the capitalist virus: A prefatory note Introduction 1
Rethinking the Surplus 2 Surplus and Freedom 3 Capital's Real Subsumption
of Consumption 4 Consumerism and Capital's Use of Science and Technology to
Undercut Democracy 5 Capitalism as a Force of Destruction 6 Futile Growth
and Mounting Destruction: The Need to Rethink Contemporary Capitalism's
Contradictions 7 The Crisis of Capitalist Democracy and the Continuing
Relevance of the Communist Ideal Conclusion: Rethinking the Relationship
Between Capitalism, Communism and Democracy