by Mark Fisher · Caja Negra · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789871622450
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In 'Capitalist Realism', Mark Fisher analyzes how capitalism has consolidated itself as the only viable political-economic system after the fall of the Berlin Wall, intensified by the 2008 banking crisis. Through examples in politics, film, music and literature, Fisher shows how this realism permeates contemporary experience, limiting the ability to imagine alternatives. The book examines the harmful effects of this 'business ontology' on public life, revealing that capitalism is far from being a natural and inevitable order. It addresses issues such as job insecurity, consumer culture, bureaucracy, social control, the commodification of education, and the increase in mental health problems, not as errors, but as mechanisms to block collective transformation. Fisher proposes revitalizing a public sphere that assumes the social roots of unhappiness as an antidote.
Mark Fisher, also known under his blogging alias k-punk, was an English writer, music critic, political and cultural theorist, philosopher, Marxist and teacher based in the Department of Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths, University of London. He initially achieved acclaim for his blogging as k-punk in the early 2000s, and was known for his writing on radical politics, music, and popular culture.
