Buch, Englisch, 180 Seiten, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 211 mm, Gewicht: 299 g
Buch, Englisch, 180 Seiten, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 211 mm, Gewicht: 299 g
ISBN: 978-1-5095-4501-8
Verlag: Polity Press
What we call growth today is in fact a tumorous growth, a cancerous proliferation which is disrupting the social organism. These tumours endlessly metastasize and grow with an inexplicable, deadly vitality. At a certain point this growth is no longer productive, but rather destructive. Capitalism passed this point long ago. Its destructive forces cause not only ecological and social catastrophes but also mental collapse. The destructive compulsion to perform combines self-affirmation and self-destruction in one. We optimize ourselves to death. Brutal competition ends in destruction. It produces an emotional coldness and indifference towards others as well as towards one’s own self.
The devastating consequences of capitalism suggest that a death drive is at work. Freud initially introduced the death drive hesitantly, but later admitted that he ‘couldn’t think beyond it’ as the idea of the death drive became increasingly central to his thought. Today, it is impossible to think about capitalism without considering the death drive.
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Acknowledgements vii
Capitalism and the Death Drive 1
Why Revolution Is Impossible Today 15
The Total Exploitation of the Human Being 21
Inside the Digital Panopticon 27
Only What Is Dead Is Transparent 33
Dataism and Nihilism 40
Torturous Emptiness 43
Jumping Humans 49
Where Do the Refugees Come From? 53
Where the Wild Things Are 57
Who Is a Refugee? 64
Beauty Lies Yonder, in the Foreign 69
The Big Rush 75
In Your Face 79
The End of Liberalism 85
