Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism

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What I am seeking here is a better understanding of the contradictions of capital, not of capitalism I want to know how the economic engine of capitalism works the way it does, and why it might stutter and stall and sometimes appear to be on the verge of collapse I also want to show why this economic engine should be replaced, and with what from the Introduction To modern Western society, capitalism is the air we breathe, and most people rarely think to question it, for good or for ill But knowing what makes capitalism work and what makes it fail is crucial to understanding its long term health, and the vast implications for the global economy that go along with it In Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism, the eminent scholar David Harvey, author of A Brief History of Neoliberalism, examines the internal contradictions within the flow of capital that have precipitated recent crises He contends that while the contradictions have made capitalism flexible and resilient, they also contain the seeds of systemic catastrophe Many of the contradictions are manageable, but some are fatal the stress on endless compound growth, the necessity to exploit nature to its limits, and tendency toward universal alienation Capitalism has always managed to extend the outer limits through spatial fixes, expanding the geography of the system to cover nations and people formerly outside of its range Whether it can continue to expand is an open question, but Harvey thinks it unlikely in the medium term future the limits cannot extend much further, and the recent financial crisis is a harbinger of this David Harvey has long been recognized as one of the world s most acute critical analysts of the global capitalist system and the injustices that flow from it In this book, he returns to the foundations of all of his work, dissecting and interrogating the fundamental illogic of our economic system, as well as giving us a look at how human societies are likely to evolve in a post capitalist world. Free Read Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism author David Harvey For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Far superior in every way to schlock like This Changes Everything Capitalism vs The Climate I want to write a lengthy and detailed review to convince people to read this, but I just don t have time right now, so listen, READ THIS.I don t know whether to besurprised at myself or at this book On the face of it, we should be made for each other an account of the often ignored structural contradictions of capitalism, couched in accessible language rather than impenetrable psychoanalytic theory Yet here I am giving it three stars There were certainly many thought provoking points within Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism , however in most cases I fear they have already been better expressed elsewhe I don t know whether to besurprised at myself or at this book On the face of it, we should be made for each other an account of the often ignored structural contradictions of capitalism, couched in accessible language rather than impenetrable psychoanalytic theory Yet here I am giving it three stars There were certainly many thought provoking points within Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism , however in most cases I fear they have already been better expressed elsewhere My complaint, loath though I am to ...The foundational violence of wealthThrough my ratings, reviews and edits I m providing intellectual property and labor to .com Inc., listed on Nasdaq, which fully owns Goodreads.com and in 2013 posted revenues for 74 billion and 274 million profits Intellectual property and labor require compensation .com Inc is also requested to provide assurance that its employees and contractors work conditions meet the highest health and safety standards at all the company s sitesTh The foundational violence of wealthThrou...In many ways it s Harvey redux another solid, grounded, but by now familiar reproduction of the fundamentals of Capital and the Grundrisse, in this case This is a good thing insofar Harvey is good at it and the angle of contradictions is a very helpful one Compared to previous books, this work focuses less on Marxist theory per se andon theimmediate political and economic strategic aspects of capital, be it still in a pure form It has some of what I see as Harvey s typical In many ways it s Harvey redux another solid, grounded, but by now familiar reproduction of the fundamentals of Capital and the Grundrisse, in this case This is a good thing insofar Harvey is good at it and the angle of contradictions is a very helpful one Compared to previous books, this work focuses less on Marxist theory per se andon theimmediate political and economic strategic aspects of capital, be it still in a pure form It has some of what I see as Harvey s typical weaker points His emphasis on, so to speak, demand side aspects of capitalism with accompanying underconsumptionist views of crisis, and his increasing moralism about consumerism and the like But his strengths are also fully on display here his characteristic ability to combine complexity with clarity and nuance with revolutionary vigour It ends, in fact, with something of a paean to Fanon and the anticolonial movement something that should do away with Harvey s image as a softy which seems to have come abou...Look, I really truly think that David Harvey is one of the most brilliant socio economic theorists and commentators of this century So my review of this particular book does not represent my view of his writings on the whole But I found this book to be dreadfully repetitive and, I suppose, overly wordy I think the best summary is it presents a bunch of ideas that Harvey has done a much better job presenting in his other talks works, and introduces almost no new ideas above and beyond these a Look, I really truly think that David Harvey is one of the most brilliant socio economic theorists and commentators of this century So my review of this particular book does not represent my ...Harvey at his best You don t need to agree with all of his analysis or his ideological basis to recognize the depth of his understanding of the inherent contradictions in capital This book is a must read for anyone looking to understand the state of the...I like Harvey but this was overly wordy.David Harvey is a Marxist David Harvey is also a geographer Before you blow your cheeks out and wonder at that you also have to take in that David Harvey teaches at an American University, a country that does it s very best to revile any thought of Marx and to banish any sense in understanding of his writings under the belief that it can t be true because of the collapse of the Soviet Union All your assumptions will probably be wrong on many levels.Harvey has consistently been THE academic to David Harvey is a Marxist David Harvey is also a geographer Before you blow your cheeks out and wonder at that you also have to take in that David Harvey teaches at an American University, a country that does it s very best to revile any thought of Marx and to banish any sense in understanding of his writings under the belief that it can t be true because of the collapse of the Soviet Union All your assumptions will probably...This was one of the most painful books I went through I couldn t even finish it Albeit totally valid and convincing in his argument about the evils of capitalism, I found Harvey s style of writing too too TOO flowery Each concept contradiction Harvey c...This is not a polemic against, but rather an investigation of the contradictions inherent in capitalism Although there are Marxian foundations to some of the analysis, it s not a constraint to the analysis, nor the other sources that Harvey draws on A strong intellect and a ton of thought provoking facts, deployed in the service of challenging many of the assumptions many of us assume define the natural order or necessary evils of how things operate in capitalist systems The chapter on the im This is not a polemic against, but rather an investigation of the contradictions inherent in capitalism Although there are Marxian foundations to some of the analysis, it s not a constraint to the analysis, nor the other sources that Harvey draws on A strong intellect and a ton of thought provoking facts, deployed in the service of challenging many of the assumptions many of us assume define the n...

Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism
  • 06 January 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 338 pages
  • 019936026X
  • David Harvey
  • Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism