Anti-capitalism: A Beginner's Guide

by Simon Tormey

Overview

Every aspect of the anti-capitalist world is covered in this helpful guide, from WOMBLES to Zapatistas, NGOs to environmentalism, Paris 1968 to Seattle, and beyond. Picking up where Naomi Klein left off, this is not so much a manifesto as a roadmap, which captures the essence of the movement, and also articulates a range of possibilities for future alternatives to the corporate domination of our planet.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781780742519
Publisher:	Oneworld Publications
Publication date:	06/01/2013
Series:	Beginner's Guides
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
File size:	283 KB

About the Author

Author Simon Tormey is a Senior Lecturer in Politics and Critical Theory at the University of Nottingham, England.

Table of Contents

Introduction: ‘Beginning’ anti-capitalism
1. The hows and whys of the thing called ‘capitalism’
2. Why ‘Seattle’? 1968, the ‘end of history’ and the birth of contemporary anti-capitalism
3. A ‘movement of movements’ (i): ‘reformism’ or ‘globalisation with a human face’
4. A ‘movement of movements’ (ii): renegades, radicals and revolutionaries
5. The future(s) of anti-capitalism: problems and perspectives
Glossary of key terms, thinkers and movements
Contemporary anti-capitalism: a timeline
Index

Editorial Reviews

"I strongly support this book, it is a good critical (or self-critical) guide to the movement and exactly what the movement needs at its current stage."

Boris Kagarlitsky - Director

"A useful account of the failure of hyper-capitalism, and of those who oppose it."

Paul Kingsnorth - author of Real England: The Battle Against the Bland

"This is clear, helpful and enlightening, even for a hoary old campaigner like me. I have learnt a lot from this book, and I'm sure that you will do so as well."

George Monbiot - Guardian columnist and author of The Age of Consent

"A useful account of the failure of hyper-capitalism, and of those who oppose it."

Paul Kingsnorth - author of Real England: The Battle Against the Bland