Capitalism on Edge : : How Fighting Precarity Can Achieve Radical Change Without Crisis or Utopia / / Albena Azmanova.
The wake of the financial crisis has inspired hopes for dramatic change and stirred visions of capitalism's terminal collapse. Yet capitalism is not on its deathbed, utopia is not in our future, and revolution is not in the cards. In Capitalism on Edge, Albena Azmanova demonstrates that radical...
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Azmanova, Albena, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Capitalism on Edge : How Fighting Precarity Can Achieve Radical Change Without Crisis or Utopia / Albena Azmanova. New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2020] ©2019 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda New Directions in Critical Theory ; 69 Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Introduction: "How Come?" Asked the Befuddled Left -- 1. The Crisis of Capitalism, Almost -- 2. Capitalism Under Scrutiny: From Concept to Critique -- 3. Ideologies for the New Century -- 4. The Life and Times of Democratic Capitalism -- 5. Precarity Capitalism -- 6. What Is Ailing the 99 Percent? -- 7. Getting Unstuck: Overcoming Capitalism Without Crisis, Revolution, or Utopia -- Conclusion: The Radical Pragmatism of Bidding Capitalism Farewell -- Appendix: Summary of Theoretical Framework -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star The wake of the financial crisis has inspired hopes for dramatic change and stirred visions of capitalism's terminal collapse. Yet capitalism is not on its deathbed, utopia is not in our future, and revolution is not in the cards. In Capitalism on Edge, Albena Azmanova demonstrates that radical progressive change is still attainable, but it must come from an unexpected direction.Azmanova's new critique of capitalism focuses on the competitive pursuit of profit rather than on forms of ownership and patterns of wealth distribution. She contends that neoliberal capitalism has mutated into a new form-precarity capitalism-marked by the emergence of a precarious multitude. Widespread economic insecurity ails the 99 percent across differences in income, education, and professional occupation; it is the underlying cause of such diverse hardships as work-related stress and chronic unemployment. In response, Azmanova calls for forging a broad alliance of strange bedfellows whose discontent would challenge not only capitalism's unfair outcomes but also the drive for profit at its core. To achieve this synthesis, progressive forces need to go beyond the old ideological certitudes of, on the left, fighting inequality and, on the right, increasing competition. Azmanova details reforms that would enable a dramatic transformation of the current system without a revolutionary break. An iconoclastic critique of left orthodoxy, Capitalism on Edge confronts the intellectual and political impasses of our time to discern a new path of emancipation. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) Capitalism. Equality. PHILOSOPHY / Political. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019 9783110651959 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 English 9783110704716 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 9783110704518 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Philosophy 2020 English 9783110704822 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Philosophy 2020 9783110704648 ZDB-23-DPH print 9780231195362 https://doi.org/10.7312/azma19536 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231530606 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780231530606/original |
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