{"product_id":"capitalist-sorcery-breaking-the-spell-9780230237636","title":"Capitalist Sorcery Breaking the Spell","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCapitalist Sorcery neither sets out a new political programme nor offers a new theory. Rather, it aims to encourage all those who are resistant to resignation and inertia, whose stories of partial successes must be told, celebrated and shared.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Stengers and Pignarre launch call to invention, against the spell of the infernal alternatives that bind us to the capitalist 'realist' logic of choosing between the lesser of unliveable evils. To counter this capture, they propose a political 'magic' capable of creating new possibilities. But do not be misled: the 'magic' is all in the technique, and the technique is all in relation. Capitalist Sorcery is a veritable toolbox for an anticapitalist politics of collective empowerment, essential reading for all those interested in movement politics post-Seattle.' - Brian Massumi, Communication Department, University of Montreal, Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e'...a detailed and thought-provoking pragmatics of resistance...' - Culture Machine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements  Introduction: On the Witch's Broomstick; Andrew Goffey PART I: WHAT HAPPENED? Inheriting from Seattle What Are We Dealing With? Daring to be Pragmatic Infernal Alternatives Minions PART II: LEARNING TO PROTECT ONESELF Do You Believe in Sorcery? Leaving Safe Ground Marx Again... To Believe in Progress No Longer? Learning Fright PART III: HOW TO GET A HOLD? Thanks to Seattle? The Trajectory of an Apprenticeship Fostering New Connections Sorry, but we have to Reactivating History PART IV: NEEDING PEOPLE TO THINK A Cry Interstices Ecosophy Political Creation Empowerment Reclaim Above All, Not to Conclude Notes Index","brand":"Palgrave MacMillan UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017657647447,"sku":"9780230237636","price":67.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780230237636.jpg?v=1750774257","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/capitalist-sorcery-breaking-the-spell-9780230237636","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}