The Capitalist Mode of Destruction: Austerity, Ecological Crisis and the Hollowing out of Democracy

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Costas Panayotakis

The Capitalist Mode of Destruction

Austerity, Ecological Crisis and the Hollowing out of Democracy

Costas Panayotakis

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English

Manchester University Press
02 February 2021

Social & political philosophy; Environmental economics; Political economy

Series: Geopolitical Economy

This book interprets contemporary capitalism's economic, ecological and democratic crises as manifestations of a previously unrecognized contradiction: over time the benefits from capitalism's technological dynamism tend to decline even as its threats for humanity and the planet escalate.

To explain this contradiction, Panayotakis rethinks the production and distribution of surplus in capitalist societies. Identifying the public sector and households as sites of surplus production as important as the capitalist workplace, this book attributes capitalism's increasing destructiveness to working people's lack of control over the surplus they produce. Only a classless society, in which working people democratically control the surplus, can reverse our current trajectory. Identifying such a democratic classless society as the essence of the communist ideal, The capitalist mode of destruction shows this ideal to be as relevant as ever. -- .

By: Costas Panayotakis
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 417g
ISBN: 9781526144508
ISBN 10: 1526144506
Series: Geopolitical Economy
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 02 February 2021
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Confronting the capitalist virus: A prefatory note Introduction 1 Rethinking the Surplus 2 Surplus and Freedom 3 Capital’s Real Subsumption of Consumption 4 Consumerism and Capital’s Use of Science and Technology to Undercut Democracy 5 Capitalism as a Force of Destruction 6 Futile Growth and Mounting Destruction: The Need to Rethink Contemporary Capitalism’s Contradictions 7 The Crisis of Capitalist Democracy and the Continuing Relevance of the Communist Ideal Conclusion: Rethinking the Relationship Between Capitalism, Communism and Democracy -- .

Costas Panayotakis is Professor of Sociology at the New York City College of Technology at the City University of New York