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Capitalism Reloaded : The Rise of the Authoritarian-Financial Complex.
De Gruyter Bristol University Press/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2025 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bloom, Peter.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (0 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2025.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND license. In Capitalism Reloaded, Peter Bloom charts a pivotal shift from the well-known military-industrial complex to a new ‘Authoritarian-Financial Complex’. Unlike its predecessor, which centred on armaments and defence, this emerging power structure fuses financial interests with advanced surveillance and digital control, turning social repression into a lucrative industry. Bloom introduces a ground breaking theory of ‘complex power', where control itself becomes a central driver of capitalism, shaping economies and societies. Bloom explores how this insatiable demand for security and profit extends beyond traditional authoritarian regimes, permeating everyday life and eroding democratic freedoms. This book challenges readers to confront the deep entanglements of modern capitalism before they solidify into a techno-authoritarian order.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Preface
- Capitalism Reloaded
- Complexifying Power
- The Rise of the Authoritarian–Financial Complex
- Securitizing History
- Growing Global Authoritarian Markets
- Producing Precarity
- Insatiable Control
- Repressive Progress
- Perpetual Crisis
- Breaking Free from the Authoritarian–Financial Complex
- References
- Index
- Notes:
- This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-5292-3387-9
- OCLC:
- 1514489786
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