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the age of impotence and the horizon of possibility

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An edition of Futurability (2017)

Futurability

the age of impotence and the horizon of possibility

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We live in an age of impotence. Stuck between global war and global finance, between identity and capital, we seem to be incapable of producing the radical change that is so desperately needed. Is there still a way to disentangle ourselves from a global order that shapes our politics as well as our imagination? In his most systematic book to date, renowned Italian theorist Franco Berardi tackles this question through a solid yet visionary analysis of the three fundamental concepts of Possibility, Potency, and Power. Characterizing Possibility as the content, Potency as the energy, and Power as the form, Berardi suggests that the road to emancipation unravels from the awareness that the field of the possible is only limited, and not created, by the power structures that implement it. Other futures and other worlds are always already inscribed within the present, despite power's attempt at keeping them invisible. Overcoming any temptation of giving in to despair or nostalgia, Berardi proposes the notion of 'futurability' as a way to remind us that even within the darkness of our current crisis lies dormant the horizon of possibility.

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Publisher
Verso Books
Language
English
Pages
246

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Table of Contents

Potency
The age of impotence
Humanism, misogyny, and late modern thought
The dark side of desire
Power
Automation and terror
Necro-capitalism
Money code and automation
Possibility
Conundrum
Superstition
Disentanglement
A short history of the general intellect
Dynamics of the general intellect
Invention
The inconceivable.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
303.3
Library of Congress
BC199.P7 B47 2017, BC199.P7B47 2017

The Physical Object

Pagination
viii, 246 pages
Number of pages
246

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26944038M
ISBN 10
1784787434
ISBN 13
9781784787431
LCCN
2017006308
OCLC/WorldCat
984898833

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