Richard Swift
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 SOSAlternatives to Capitalism |
Financial collapse and crisis; disgust at bankers’ greed; the devastating effects of yawning inequality: all these and more have led to widespread dissatisfaction and disenchantment with … | Richard Swift | 190 | 2016 | View |
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From IntroductionA sad and beautiful world in peril From: SOS |
The introduction states that the purpose of this book is to tease out what genuine alternatives to capitalism might look like, discussing the history of capitalism, questions of modernity, … | Richard Swift | 4 | 2016 | $0.40 Add |
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From Sources of hopelife before capitalism From: SOS |
Chapter 1 explores what life was like before Capitalism, discussing the rise of capitalism, human happiness, Anthropology, hunter-gatherers and primitive communism, the commons, pre-capitalist … | Richard Swift | 9 | 2016 | $0.90 Add |
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From Capitalisma system of reckless resilience From: SOS |
Chapter 2 examines capitalism as a system discussing the historical roots of capitalism, primitive accumulation and privitization, neoliberalism, market freedom, regulation, and ‘market … | Richard Swift | 13 | 2016 | $1.30 Add |
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From State socialismFrom: SOS |
Chapter 3 focuses on state Socialism, discussing its roots in the 19th century, the relationship between communism and social democracy, a comparison of two social democracies (François … | Richard Swift | 15 | 2016 | $1.50 Add |
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From The anarchist impulseFrom: SOS |
Chapter 4 examines the theory of anarchy, discussing authority, self-government, organised anarchist movement during the 1848 Revolts across Europe, the commune, titles to libertarianism, and the … | Richard Swift | 13 | 2016 | $1.30 Add |
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From The eco-divideFrom: SOS |
Chapter 5 explores the relationship between the environment and politics, discussing ecological socialism, the rise of environmental consciousness, ‘greening’ the Left, and more. | Richard Swift | 11 | 2016 | $1.10 Add |
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From The utopia debateFrom: SOS |
Chapter 6 focuses on the idea of ‘utopia’, discussing Plato’s Republic, the anti-utopians, utopianism for the powerful and wealthy, and lived utopias. | Richard Swift | 11 | 2016 | $1.10 Add |
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From Rebuilding the alternatives Southern-styleFrom: SOS |
Chapter 7 explores the ongoing projects to reinvent ’21st-century socialism’, discussing what is 21st-century socialism, the Global South, defending and expanding the commons, the … | Richard Swift | 24 | 2016 | $2.40 Add |
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From The democratic emergencyFrom: SOS |
Chapter 8 examines why the North lacks the same political energy for enacting change, discussing the decline in political awareness and engagement, Social movements , the business oligarchy, … | Richard Swift | 11 | 2016 | $1.10 Add |
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From The autonomous ruptureFrom: SOS |
Chapter 9 focuses on the emergence of more autonomous leftism, discussing topics like the 1960s New Left, the Red Brigades, co-operative alternatives, politics and anti-politics, and what is to … | Richard Swift | 20 | 2016 | $2.00 Add |
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From What should we stand for?From: SOS |
Chapter 10 explores what we should stand for in the coming decades, discussing the 2011 Occupy movement, programs for change, degrowth, achieving wider finance control for the masses, improving … | Richard Swift | 23 | 2016 | $2.30 Add |
