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4.14 AVERAGE
4.14 AVERAGE
Capitalist Realism starts off strong (the first 3.5 chapters are really good imo) but the rest is "just" decent. I feel like Fisher focused a bit too much on media and Žižek, which I eventually grew a little tired of.
Plus, there were a lot of spelling mistakes/extra words in the second half of the book which show that this work definitely would've profited from having a better editor.
Plus, there were a lot of spelling mistakes/extra words in the second half of the book which show that this work definitely would've profited from having a better editor.
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Extremely fascinating, but I'd have to read work from some of the scholars that Fisher cites before properly rating this book - as it is, a decent amount of its contents left me at a loss.
...at the level of the political unconscious, it is impossible to accept that there are no overall controllers, that the closest thing we have to ruling powers now are nebulous, unaccountable interests exercising corporate irresponsibility.
Interesting analysis of how late capitalism (~postmodern~) functions and how perhaps we can (resist) it. ?!?!
Interesting analysis of how late capitalism (~postmodern~) functions and how perhaps we can (resist) it. ?!?!
challenging
informative
an excellent introduction to critiques of capitalism. I wouldn’t say there’s necessarily anything I learned out of this, but it’s well written
Worth a read, I guess, but it's frustrating how western leftists act and argue as though the USSR was more less the only example of really-existing socialism and as though the demise of the USSR is sufficient grounds for dismissing socialism as a viable alternative model to capitalism and for dismissing the examples of surviving socialist states as effective challenges to capitalist realism.
A very well written book. The amount of leftist jargon is kept to a minimum, which I think most readers will appreciate. Fisher defines "Capitalist Realism" by using Kafkaesque allegories to contemporary Britain, excerpts from Zizek and a few thinkers from the Frankfurt School. Indeed a lot of the work is different dialogues with other authors. This does not mean Fisher lacks any originality. He uses the dialogue to create a succinct argument. The book not only says "yes there is an alternative", but it creates a vision of how to escape capitalist realism.
A really good diagnosis of the general idea, perfectly labelled as, capitalist realism. This term describes the prominent ideas put in place by capitalism that cause people to see no alternative. It refers to how capitalism normalises all challenges to it and adapts them into the system. It's quite an interesting read even if many of these ideas are pretty standard for leftists now.