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innashtakser's review against another edition
4.0
Pretty good book on what to do about capitalism. The author points out that capitalism is upheld by human action and by human perceptions. As such, it has to have weaknesses, places where it might and does crack. Why? Because capitalism imposes on human being a logic that cannot possibly work - logic according to which all human actions should serve a total system of the market.
I liked the analysis, though I would expect a bit more on how the dialectics of change might work. Though the author states clearly that he does not know, he just points out to weaknesses within the system. He also points out that totalizing ideologies cannot work, since they operate according to logic which is too similar to the capitalist one.
The book is somewhat repetitive, but it seems the author chose it to be so to emphasize his points.
I liked the analysis, though I would expect a bit more on how the dialectics of change might work. Though the author states clearly that he does not know, he just points out to weaknesses within the system. He also points out that totalizing ideologies cannot work, since they operate according to logic which is too similar to the capitalist one.
The book is somewhat repetitive, but it seems the author chose it to be so to emphasize his points.
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