Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher discussion

It is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism. After 1989, capitalism has successfully presented itself as the only realistic political-economic system - a situation that the bank crisis of 2008, far from ending, actually compounded. The book analyses the development and principal features of this capitalist realism as a lived ideological framework. Using examples from politics, film (Children Of Men, Jason Bourne, Supernanny), fiction (Le Guin and Kafka), work and education, it argues that capitalist realism colours all areas of contemporary experience, is anything but realistic and asks how capitalism and its inconsistencies can be challenged. It is a sharp analysis of the post-ideological malaise that suggests that the economics and politics of free market neo-liberalism are givens rather than constructions.

Text...

• Various formats https://archive.org/details/capitalist-realism-is-there-no-alternative
• Audio https://youtu.be/lm8bpGXl1R8?feature=shared

Video...

• Second Thought: Why It's So Hard To Imagine Life After Capitalism https://youtu.be/PaASqPnpq5Y?feature=shared
• Then & Now: Capitalism: In-Depth https://youtu.be/F_nefR99g0U?feature=shared

Podcasts...

• Philosophize This! Why we can’t think beyond Capitalism. (Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism) https://www.philosophizethis.org/podcast/episode-201-transcript-bkx3e
• Rev Left Radio: Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/capitalist-realism-is-there-no-alternative

Other Resources...

• Mediations: The Breakdown of Capitalist Realism by Benjamin Noys https://mediationsjournal.org/articles/breakdown