Capitalism and Nothingness
critical theory in unwanted times
$66.69
- Paperback
232 pages
- Release Date
19 March 2025
Summary
The Void Within: Capitalism and the Erosion of Being
Drawing on Marcuse, Adorno, Arendt and a variety of other critical social philosophers, this book introduces us to a familiar character amid the wreckage of the post-pandemic economy: no-dimensional man. A cousin of Marcuse’s one-dimensional man, they are a figure so compressed by the unending present of capitalism that they have ceased to be genuinely present in any ethical or political sense.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781350441873 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1350441872 |
| Author: | Peter Fleming |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 232 |
| Release Date: | 19 March 2025 |
| Weight: | 299g |
| Dimensions: | 214mm x 138mm x 20mm |
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Critics Review
Splicing genres to brilliant effect, Peter Fleming’s critically fuelled revolutionary pessimism delivers shards of humour in the midst of a world ruined by feckless managers and gormless agents of industry. Capitalism and Nothingness furnishes diagrams of scenario planning grafted to the shadow of the apocalypse. * Ned Rossiter, Professor of Communication and Director of Research, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University, Australia *
About The Author
Peter Fleming
Peter Fleming is a Professor in the Management Discipline Group at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia.
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