Utopia or Bust: A Guide to the Present Crisis

Kunkel, Benjamin

ISBN 10: 1781683271 / ISBN 13: 9781781683279

Published by Verso, 2014

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G1781683271I4N00

Synopsis:

'The deepest economic crisis in eighty years prompted a shallow revival of Marxism,' writes Benjamin Kunkel of the 2008 recession - and the shallowness was undoubtedly a result of the complex, sometimes difficult nature of contemporary Marxist thought. Enter Kunkel's Utopia or Bust, which leads the uninitiated reader through the biggest names in critical political theory today. Written with the wit and verve of a novelist, Utopia or Bust engages with the revolutionary philosophies of Slavoj Zizek, the economic analyses of David Graeber and David Harvey, and the cultural diagnoses of Fredric Jameson. Discussing the crisis of capitalism alongside the idea of full employment and the right to work, Utopia or Bust is not only a tour through the world of Marxist thought, but also an examination of the state of Western society today.

About the Author: BENJAMIN KUNKEL is the bestselling author of Indecision and a co-founder of n+1. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, the New Yorker, the New York Review of Books and the London Review of Books.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Utopia or Bust: A Guide to the Present Crisis
Publisher: Verso
Publication Date: 2014
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket