Four futures : visions of the world after capitalism / Peter Frase.

Author
Frase, Peter [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London : New York : Verso, 2016.
Description
150 pages ; 20 cm.

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    Jacobin series [More in this series]
    Summary note
    It is easier to imagine the end of the world,' the theorist Fredric Jameson has remarked, 'than to imagine the end of capitalism.' 'Jacobin' Editor Peter Frase argues that technological advancements and environmental threats will inevitably push our society beyond capitalism, and 'Four Futures' imagines just how this might look. Extrapolating possible futures from current changes the world is now experiencing, and drawing upon speculative fictions to illustrate how these futures might be realized, 'Four Futures' examines communism, rentism, socialism, and exterminism-or in other words, the socialisms we may reach if a resurgent Left is successful and the barbarisms we may be consigned to if those movements fail.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references.
    Contents
    • Introduction: technology and ecology as apocalypse and utopia
    • Communism: equality and abundance
    • Rentism: hierarchy and abundance
    • Socialism: equality and scarcity
    • Exterminism: hierarchy and scarcity
    • Conclusion: transitions and prospects.
    Other title(s)
    Four futures : life after capitalism
    ISBN
    • 9781781688137 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
    • 1781688133 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
    • 9781781688151 ((EBK))
    • 178168815X ((EBK))
    LCCN
    2016023756
    OCLC
    956263886
    Other standard number
    • 40026664523
    • 99970901652
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