A difficult world : examining the roots of capitalism / Maximiliano Korstanje.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Korstanje, Maximiliano E., author.

Series:

Government procedures and operations.

Government Procedures and Operations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capitalism--Philosophy.

Capitalism.

Capitalism--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (174 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this book, Maximiliano Korstanje explores the dichotomies of capitalism, continuing the legacy of Max Weber, Ulrich Beck, Richard Hofstadter and Giorgio Agamben. Undoubtedly, we are living in trying times, which merits reconsidering the current conception of sociological theories. From disasters to terrorism, Occident seems to be trapped in an illusory landscape where risk plays a crucial role in the configuration of a new tragic ethos. Although Weber did the correct thing in pointing out that predestination was a key factor in the capitalist genesis, he ignored the influence of Norse culture, which was already rooted in the thinking of Luther and Calvino. Whether in the battleground, Greeks and Romans were subject to an overt destiny which depended on individual actions (sacrifice) Norse mythology, on the other hand, offered the opposite context. The Walkyrias, Odin's daughters, knew in advance who would be the fallen warriors (predestination). Complementary to what has been written, Korstanje established a new innovative thesis that explains why Anglo-Saxon culture was not only prone to develop a globalized capitalist system of production, but also prone to risk-perception. Combining a closed-conception of future (predestination) with a sentiment of excemptionalism given by the Reform, the US logically constructed a world of preemption that led to the dilemma of "preventive attack". The role of government in posing threats to control the internal workforce, as well as how the principle of exception triggers fear, are fascinating themes discussed in this text.

Contents:

A DIFFICULT WORLD EXAMINING THE ROOTS OF CAPITALISM ; A DIFFICULT WORLD EXAMINING THE ROOTS OF CAPITALISM ; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS ; FOREWORD ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; INTRODUCTION ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 1 MOBILITY ON AN IMMOBILE WORLD: THE ANALYSIS OF THE FILM THE ISLAND ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 2 THE FUTURE OF TECHNOLOGY; SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE ; TECHNOLOGY, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND REFLEXIBILITY; FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 3 CROSSING THE BOUNDARIES OF EMPIRE ; FROM ETHNO TO ANGLO-CENTRISM?; POLITICS ; THE PROTESTANT ETHOS

THE RISK OF BEING AMERICAN ABROAD THE ANGLO-CENTRISM IN THE BOOK OF ROBERT TEMPLE ; TRAVELS IN TURBULENT TIMES ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 4 THE LOGIC OF RISK; INTRODUCTION ; TOTEMISM AND RELIGION ; MARX AND THE FETISHISM OF COMMODITIES AND CAPITAL ; TOWARDS TO THE ECONOMY OF RISK ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 5 EXPLORING THE ANGLO PROTESTANT COSMOLOGY ; WHY COMES OUR CURRENT SENSE OF THREAT? ; THE NATURE OF RISK ; FROM DREAMS TOWARD THE NIGHTMARE ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 6 TERRORISM, WORK-FORCE AND LABOR; THE 9/11 COMMISSION REPORT ; THE LIBERTY FOR BUYING

UNDERSTANDING MODERN TERRORISM TOURISM AND TERRORISM IN PERSPECTIVES ; IS HUMAN SUFFERING AN ATTRACTION? ; TOURISM IS TERRORISM BY OTHER MEANS; REFERENCES ; Chapter 7 DISCUSSING TERRORISM, ISOLATIONISTS VS. INTERVENTIONISTS ; INTRODUCTION ; CONSIDERING RELIGION AS THE CAUSE OF INTER-CIVILIZATION'S CONFLICT ; REVISITING THE CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS ; THE VIOLENCE IN SLAVOJ ZIZEK ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 8 THE PRINCIPLE OF EXCEMPTIONALISM IN AMERICA ; DEMOCRACY AND BEYOND ; FOUNDING COLONIZATION AND EXPLORATIONS ; AMERICAN NATIVISM ; THE FEAR IN UNITED STATES ; REFERENCES

Chapter 9 THE SOCIETY OF TERRORTHE HOBESSIAN STATE OF NATURE ; THE PSYCHOLOGICAL NATURE OF FEAR ; THE TERROR OF TERROR(ISM) ; NATURAL DISASTERS AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE ; THE LOGIC OF SURVIVING ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; EPILOGUE: THE ALLEGORY OF VIOLENCE IN THE AGE OF TERRORISM ; REFERENCES ; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; INDEX

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63483-452-6