Capitalist sorcery : breaking the spell / Phillipe Pignarre and Isabelle Stengers ; translated and edited by Andrew Goffey.
- Publication:
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
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xxiv, 159 p. ; 23 cm. - Status/Location:
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- Standardized Title:
- Sorcellerie capitaliste. English
- Subjects:
- Anti-globalization movement.
Globalization.
Capitalism. - Summary:
- "An English translation of La Sorcellerie Capitaliste - a passionate but pragmatic critique in political philosophy. It diagnoses capitalism as a 'system of sorcery without sorcerers'. Capitalism paralyses us in ways that resembles sorcery and the book is concerned to look at ways we might defend ourselves against such a system"-- Provided by publisher.
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Acknowledgements
PART I: WHAT HAPPENED?
Inheriting from Seattle
What Are We Dealing With?
Daring to be Pragmatic
Infernal Alternatives
Minions
PART II: LEARNING TO PROTECT ONESELF
Do You Believe in Sorcery?
Leaving Safe Ground
Marx Again...
To Believe in Progress No Longer?
Learning Fright
PART III: HOW TO GET A HOLD?
Thanks to Seattle?
The Trajectory of an Apprenticeship
Fostering New Connections
Sorry, but we have to
Reactivating History
PART IV: NEEDING PEOPLE TO THINK
A Cry
Interstices
Ecosophy
Political Creation
Empowerment
Reclaim
Above All, Not to Conclude
Index. - Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contributor:
- Stengers, Isabelle.
- ISBN:
- 9780230237629 (hardback)
0230237622 (hardback) - OCLC:
- 696318431
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