Capitalist sorcery : breaking the spell / Phillipe Pignarre, Isabella Stengers ; translated and edited by Andrew Goffey.

"An English translation of La Sorcellerie Capitaliste - a passionate but pragmatic critique in political philosophy. It diagnoses capitalism as a 'system of sorcery without sorcerers'. Capitalism paralyses us in ways that resembles sorcery and the book is concerned to look at ways we might defend ou...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Sorcellerie capitaliste. English
Main Author: Pignarre, Philippe
Other Authors: Stengers, Isabelle
Language:English
Language of the Original:
French
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Subjects:
Anti-globalization movement.
Globalization.
Capitalism.
PHILOSOPHY / Political.
PHILOSOPHY / Social.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General.
Physical Description:xxiv, 159 pages
Format: Book
Contents:
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  • Acknowledgements
  • PART I: WHAT HAPPENED?
  • Inheriting from Seattle
  • What Are We Dealing With?
  • Daring to be Pragmatic
  • Infernal Alternatives
  • Minions
  • PART II: LEARNING TO PROTECT ONESELF
  • Do You Believe in Sorcery?
  • Leaving Safe Ground
  • Marx Again...
  • To Believe in Progress No Longer?
  • Learning Fright
  • PART III: HOW TO GET A HOLD?
  • Thanks to Seattle?
  • The Trajectory of an Apprenticeship
  • Fostering New Connections
  • Sorry, but we have to
  • Reactivating History
  • PART IV: NEEDING PEOPLE TO THINK
  • A Cry
  • Interstices
  • Ecosophy
  • Political Creation
  • Empowerment
  • Reclaim
  • Above All, Not to Conclude
  • Index.