Is it easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism? British blogger and theorist Mark Fisher explores this question in his book Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? Old Mole blogger and theorist Frann Michel reviews and comments on his work in this commentary. You can read the text of her remarks here.
The British blogger and theorist Mark Fisher recently published a slim little volume from Zer0 books titled Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? By "Capitalist Realism" he means, roughly, the notion that, as Margaret Thatcher famously asserted, there is no alternative to capitalism. But Fisher is also interested in questioning and exploring the implications of this view that, as it is sometimes put, it has become easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.
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