Crises of imagination, crises of power : capitalism, creativity and the commons / Max Haiven.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haiven, Max, 1981- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capitalism.

Capitalism--Social aspects.

Globalization--Economic aspects.

Globalization.

Anti-globalization movement.

Physical Description:

vi, 314 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Zed Books ; Halifax, Canada ; Winnipeg, Canada : Fernwood Publishing, 2014.

Summary:

In this stirring call to arms, Max Haiven argues that capitalism has colonized how we all imagine and express what is valuable. Looking at the decline of the public sphere, the corporatization of education, the privatization of creativity, and the might of finance capital in opposition to the power of the imagination and the growth of contemporary social movements, Haiven provides a strong argument for creating an anti-capitalist commons. Capitalism is not in crisis, it is the crisis, and moving beyond it is the only key to survival. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Reimagining value 28

2 Publics, commons, occupations 74

3 The crisis of the financialized imagination 104

4 Within and beyond the edu-factory 134

5 The enclosure of history, the debt of the past, the commons of memory 153

6 The enclosure of creativity 190

7 What is the radical imagination? 217.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [267]-207) and index.

ISBN:

9781780329536

1780329539

9781780329529

1780329520

OCLC:

875309856