Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a World Without Work

Nick Srnicek

ISBN 10: 1784786225 / ISBN 13: 9781784786229

Published by Verso, 2016

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a World Without Work
• Publisher: Verso
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1784786225
• ISBN 13: 9781784786229
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Like New
• Weight: 500 grams

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Synopsis

This major new manifesto offers a “clear and compelling vision of a postcapitalist society” and shows how left-wing politics can be rebuilt for the 21st century (Mark Fisher, author of Capitalist Realism)

Neoliberalism isn’t working. Austerity is forcing millions into poverty and many more into precarious work, while the left remains trapped in stagnant political practices that offer no respite.

Inventing the Future is a bold new manifesto for life after capitalism. Against the confused understanding of our high-tech world by both the right and the left, this book claims that the emancipatory and future-oriented possibilities of our society can be reclaimed. Instead of running from a complex future, Nick Srnicek and Alex Williams demand a postcapitalist economy capable of advancing standards, liberating humanity from work and developing technologies that expand our freedoms.

This new edition includes a new chapter where they respond to their various critics.

About the Author

Nick Srnicek is a lecturer at City University. He is the author of Platform Capitalism and the forthcoming After Work: What's Left and Who Cares? (with Helen Hester).

Alex Williams is a lecturer in the sociology department at City, University of London. He is the author of the forthcoming Hegemony Now (with Jeremy Gilbert).