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djidvevo 's review for:
Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?
by Mark Fisher
really good book I enjoyed the first chapters and the part that talks about how neoliberalism and neoconservatism work together
only critique is he seemed to have some strange views on things like Stalin and at one point said “Instead of gestural, spectacular politics around (noble) causes like Palestine, it’s time for that teaching unions got far more immanent, and take the opportunity opened up by the crisis to begin to rid public services of business ontology.” which seems … odd? to me
he also spends quite a lot of time fleshing out ideas from films which make up the book which isn’t a bad thing per se but it does mean that it can sometimes drag on a bit, which is impressive since its only 81 pages.
overall though this is a really enjoyable and eye opening book as to how capitalist realism manifests itself in peoples psyche and its very readable, anyone could read this in one or two sittings.
only critique is he seemed to have some strange views on things like Stalin and at one point said “Instead of gestural, spectacular politics around (noble) causes like Palestine, it’s time for that teaching unions got far more immanent, and take the opportunity opened up by the crisis to begin to rid public services of business ontology.” which seems … odd? to me
he also spends quite a lot of time fleshing out ideas from films which make up the book which isn’t a bad thing per se but it does mean that it can sometimes drag on a bit, which is impressive since its only 81 pages.
overall though this is a really enjoyable and eye opening book as to how capitalist realism manifests itself in peoples psyche and its very readable, anyone could read this in one or two sittings.