Against Austerity: How We Can Fix the Crisis They Made

by Richard Seymour

Book Overview

Five years into capitalism's deepest crisis, which has led to cuts and economic pain across the world, Against Austerity addresses a puzzling aspect of the current conjuncture: why are the rich still getting away with it? Why is protest so ephemeral? Why does the left appear to be marginal to political life? In an analysis which challenges our understanding of capitalism, class and ideology, Richard Seymour shows how 'austerity' is just one part of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745333281
• ISBN13: 9780745333281
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.9" x 7.6"