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ANTI-CAPITALISM: A Beginner's Guide

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ISBN 10: 
1 85168 342 9
Number of pages: 
184
First published: 
2004
This edition: 
2004
Blurb: 

Every aspect of the anti-capitalist world is covered in this helpful guide, from WOMBLES to Zapatistas, NGOs to environmentalism, Paris 1968 to Seattle, and beyond. Picking up where Naomi Klein left off, this is not so much a manifesto as a roadmap, which captures the essence of the movement, and also articulates a range of possibilities for future alternatives to the corporate domination of our planet.

Contents: 

Acknowledgements

Introduction: 'Beginning' anti-capitalism

1. The hows and whys of the thing called 'capitalism'

A question of definition
Capitalism as a system of competition
Capitalism now
Learning to love capitalism
Neoliberalism and the end of the political

2. Why 'Seattle'? 1968, the 'end of history' and the birth of contemporary anti-capitalism

Problems of liberal-democracy
1968 and the 'crisis' of oppositional politics
Paris '68: unofficial politics and the new radicalism
1968, 'new social movements' and direct action
From Berlin to Seattle: global anti-capitalism and the challenge to neoliberalism

3. A 'movement of movements' i: 'reformism' or 'globalisation with a human face'

Analysing anti-capitalist ideas: beginnings
'Strong' and 'weak' (liberal) reformisms
'Strong(er)' reformism -- or the return of social democracy
'We are the world': towards global social democracy
Could global social democracy work -- for whom?

4. A 'movement of movements' ii: renegades, radicals and revolutionaries

Marxism after the 'fall of communism'
Beyond 'Bolshevism': autonomism, council communism and 'heterodox' radicalism
Anarchism, or the art of not being 'in charge'
Deep, deeper, deepest 'green'
Ya Basta!: A brief excursus on Marcos and 'Zapatismo'
Conclusion

5. The future(s) of anti-capitalism: problems and perspectives

From here to there: movement dynamics and collective action
Beyond ideology: logics of resistance
In search of the 'majority'
Minoritarian logics -- towards better world(s)
Conclusion(s)

Glossary of key terms, thinkers and movements
Contemporary anti-capitalism: a timeline
Index

Biographical note(s): 

Simon Tormey is Senior Lecturer in Politics and Critical Theory at the University of Nottingham, England. He has lectured around the world, and is the author of many books and articles on a variety of subjects, from tyranny to Post-Marxism.

Quotes about: 

I love this book. An accessible, thoughtful, provocative and hopeful guide which demystifies global anti-capitalist politics in the early 21st century. In clear but not at all simplistic terms, [Tormey] provides a theoretically and historically informed analysis of the tensions and possibilities which animate this 'movement of movements.' A rewarding read for 'beginners' of all levels of experience. -- Mark Rupert, Professor of Political Science

This book is a winner. -- Terrell Carver, Professor of Political Theory, Bristol University, UK

I strongly support this book ... it is a good critical (or self-critical) guide to the movement; exactly what is needed at its current stage. -- Boris Kagarlitsky, Director, Institute of Globalization Studies, Moscow

A useful account of the failure of hyper-capitalism, and of those who oppose it. -- Paul Kingsnorth, author of One No, Many Yeses