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aktiwary 's review for:
Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?
by Mark Fisher
It's hard to rate a book like this. I definitely recommend it, but there are some parts that stick out sorely like the curmudgeonly grumbling at stuff like hip-hop which feels a bit tone deaf(to say the least). However the highs definitely outweigh the lows.
Anyone with leftist inclinations has to face the entrenched capitalist realism and Mark Fisher is definitely a great place to start thinking about this. He is very readable despite often talking about philosophically complicated ideas (there are in particular numerous invocations of Fredric Jamieson and Zizek, among others), and has quite a few incisive comments about the size of the enemy being faced, and how to start softening capitalism's grip over the societal unconscious.
I might have more to say later but for now I say give it a go.
Anyone with leftist inclinations has to face the entrenched capitalist realism and Mark Fisher is definitely a great place to start thinking about this. He is very readable despite often talking about philosophically complicated ideas (there are in particular numerous invocations of Fredric Jamieson and Zizek, among others), and has quite a few incisive comments about the size of the enemy being faced, and how to start softening capitalism's grip over the societal unconscious.
I might have more to say later but for now I say give it a go.