Exhausting Modernity: Grounds for a New Economy

by Teresa Brennan

Overview

Exhausting Modernity is a bold new work on the exhaustion of our resources, both natural and human. Drawing on the insights of Marx and Freud, it provides a compelling analysis of the exhaustion pervading modern capitalism: environmental collapse, rising poverty levels and increasing global economic disparity. This is essential reading for political and social theorists, philosophers, economists, and all those interested in the environment.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134560318
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/11/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Teresa Brennan is Schmidt Distinguished Professor of Humanities at Florida Atlantic University.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction; Part 1 Part I Psyche; Chapter 2 The Foundational Fantasy; Chapter 3 Energetics; Chapter 4 Inertia; Part 2 Part II Economy; Chapter 5 The Time/Energy Axis; Chapter 6 Production and Real Value; Chapter 7 The Speed of Acquisition, or How Space Replaces Time; Part 3 Part III Polity; Chapter 8 The State and Exploitation; Chapter 9 Imaginary Time; Chapter 10 Exploitation and Opposition;