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Benjamin Kunkel - Utopia or Bust: A Guide to the Present Crisis - 9781781683279 - V9781781683279
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Utopia or Bust: A Guide to the Present Crisis

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Description for Utopia or Bust: A Guide to the Present Crisis Paperback. After the financial crash and the Great Recession, the media rediscovered Karl Marx, socialist theory, and the very idea that capitalism can be questioned. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JPFC; KCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 226.
After the financial crash and the Great Recession, the media rediscovered Karl Marx, socialist theory, and the very idea that capitalism can be questioned.

But in spite of the publicity, the main paths of contemporary critical thought have gone unexplored outside of the academy. Benjamin Kunkel's Utopia or Bust leads readers-whether politically committed or simply curious-through the most important critical theory today. Written with the wit and verve of Kunkel's best-selling novel, Indecision, this introduction to contemporary Leftist thinkers engages with the revolutionary philosophy of Slavoj Zizek, the economic analyses ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Verso
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781683279
SKU
V9781781683279
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2

About Benjamin Kunkel
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.

Reviews for Utopia or Bust: A Guide to the Present Crisis
"Benjamin Kunkel has pursued a lonely and taxing crash course in Marxist thought, the results of which, set forth here, are nimble, clear, and brave. He dedicates the book to anyone who can use it, which I'll take a step further: it's for anyone who cares about historical necessity, the crisis of capitalism, and our fate." - Rachel Kushner, ... Read more

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