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Cannibal Capitalism

How Our System Is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet – and What We Can Do About It

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Cannibal Capitalism

By: Nancy Fraser
Narrated by: Kate Udall
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A trenchant look at contemporary capitalism's insatiable appetite—and a rallying cry for everyone who wants to stop it from devouring our world

Capital is currently cannibalizing every sphere of life-guzzling wealth from nature and racialized populations, sucking up our ability to care for each other, and gutting the practice of politics. In this tightly argued and urgent volume, leading Marxist feminist theorist Nancy Fraser charts the voracious appetite of capital, tracking it from crisis point to crisis point, from ecological devastation to the collapse of democracy, from racial violence to the devaluing of care work. These crisis points all come to a head in Covid-19, which Fraser argues can help us envision the resistance we need to end the feeding frenzy.

What we need, she argues, is a wide-ranging socialist movement that can recognize the rapaciousness of capital-and starve it to death.

©2022 Nancy Fraser (P)2022 Tantor Political Science Politics & Government
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The language is a bit dense for those with a less advanced vocabulary or pre-existing knowledge of econonic social theory. But it offers tremendous insights into the self-cannibalising nature of capitalism. Absolutely essential.

A heavy, but crucial read.

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Compelling thesis describing the general crisis of our times - and how we make it through. Echoing Rosa Luxemburg- Socialism or Barbarism!

Vital listening

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