Beyond Capitalism?: The Future of Radical Politics

by Simon Hardy, Luke Cooper

Overview

How to move 'beyond capitalism' and whether indeed it is possible to do so, has become a question of general interest, rather than simply the preserve of left-literary discussion, since the credit crisis of 2008. This book examines the social nature of the austerity crisis, and whether an anticapitalist message can successfully intersect and create a new virtuous dynamic for the radical left after decades of retreat.

Intended as a contribution to debates around fundamental social change which have emerged in the wake of Occupy and the Arab revolutions, Beyond Capitalism is a book which combines 'historical sociology' with the politics of social emancipation. The question these movements have posed is how can the radical left marshal its often meagre forces to create a new counter hegemony to the ethos and culture of capitalism?
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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781780998329
Publisher:	Collective Ink
Publication date:	03/16/2013
Pages:	183
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.51(h) x 0.46(d)

About the Author

Simon Hardy is a writer and socialist activist. He was a leading figure in the student revolt of 2010-11 and a contributor to It Started in Wisconsin: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Labor Protest (Verso 2012). He has recently been involved in setting up the Anticapitalist Initiative, a new, pluralist activist network to facilitate practice-informed debate on the future of radical politics (see Anticapitalists.org). Luke Cooper is a writer and socialist activist. He is currently studying for a PhD in International Relations at the University of Sussex and part of the workgroup on Uneven and Combined Development (see UnevenandCombined.com). He has recently been involved in setting up the Anticapitalist Initiative, a new, pluralist activist network to facilitate practice-informed debate on the future of radical politics (see Anticapitalists.org). He lives in the UK.