The Imperial Mode of Living: Everyday Life and the Ecological Crisis of Capitalism

Imperialism is not only about military force and political pressure, applied by developed capitalist countries on less developed ones for economic gain. It also has an everyday dimension. Countless acts of production and consumption, the current SUV boom being a prominent example, draw on the exploitation of resources and labour from 'elsewhere' and externalize their socio-ecological costs within societies and internationally. Drawing on a Gramscian understanding of hegemony, the concept of...