Inventing the Future
Postcapitalism and a World Without Work
Published on 13. October 2015
272 pages
978-1-78478-097-5 (ISBN)
Description
Neoliberalism isn't working. Austerity is forcing millions into poverty and many more into precarious work, while the left remains trapped in stagnant political practices that offer no respite.
Inventing the Future is a bold new manifesto for life after capitalism. Against the confused understanding of our high-tech world by both the right and the left, this book claims that the emancipatory and future-oriented possibilities of our society can be reclaimed. Instead of running from a complex future, Nick Srnicek and Alex Williams demand a postcapitalist economy capable of advancing standards, liberating humanity from work and developing technologies that expand our freedoms.
This new edition includes a new chapter where they respond to their various critics.
Inventing the Future is a bold new manifesto for life after capitalism. Against the confused understanding of our high-tech world by both the right and the left, this book claims that the emancipatory and future-oriented possibilities of our society can be reclaimed. Instead of running from a complex future, Nick Srnicek and Alex Williams demand a postcapitalist economy capable of advancing standards, liberating humanity from work and developing technologies that expand our freedoms.
This new edition includes a new chapter where they respond to their various critics.
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Edition
Ebook UK & RoW
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Reflowable
ISBN-13
978-1-78478-097-5 (9781784780975)
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Book
10/2016
Verso Books
€13.00
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Persons
Nick Srnicek is the author of Postcapitalist Technologies and the co-editor of The Speculative Turn.
Alex Williams teaches at the University of East London.
Alex Williams teaches at the University of East London.
Content
- Intro
- Halftitle Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Our Political Common Sense: Introducing Folk Politics
- Chapter 2: Why Aren't We Winning? A Critique of Today's Left
- Chapter 3: Why Are They Winning? The Making of Neoliberal Hegemony
- Chapter 4: Left Modernity
- Chapter 5: The Future Isn't Working
- Chapter 6: Post-Work Imaginaries
- Chapter 7: A New Common Sense
- Chapter 8: Building Power
- Conclusion
- Afterword: Reinventing the Future
- Notes
- Index
