Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2022-03-19
Books mentioned on It Could Happen Here Weekly 26
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Mentioned: Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher, Climate Leviathan by Joel Wainwright and others, Fossil Capital by Andreas Malm, The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson and others, and This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Capitalist Realism
Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher is a cultural and political critique arguing that capitalism has successfully occupied the horizon of thinkable thought, creating a pervasive cultural atmosphere where no alternative economic system is believed possible.
Discussed“people often describe it in in um you know Fischer's term the the writer Mark Fischer uh capitalist realism the attitude in the 90s was uh that you know, there's there's only one world that's possible”
Where to get it
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Climate Leviathan
Joel Wainwright and Geoff Mann's analytical book explores the political futures of climate change, examining potential authoritarian governance models that could emerge as ecological crises worsen.
Recommended“If you're interested in that, I would recommend reading the book Climate Leviathan. Definitely influenced a large portion of the writing for this show.”
Where to get it
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Fossil Capital
Fossil Capital by Andreas Malm is a historical and economic analysis examining the origins of the fossil fuel economy and the rise of steam power in nineteenth-century Britain.
Critiqued“And people who are really into like Marx nerd stuff will probably have heard mom's name because he's been wrote what a very good book called Fossil Capital. Everything he's written after Fossil Capital is a disaster.”
Where to get it
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The Ministry for the Future
The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson is a gripping speculative science fiction novel that chronicles a near-future world grappling with the escalating and devastating consequences of climate change through the efforts of a newly established UN subsidiary.
Discussed“I think the book the book um Ministry for the Future really lays out all of the all kind of like the best case scenario for all these types of things and how they can work together”
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This Changes Everything
This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein is a foundational climate change book that argues the existential crisis of global warming cannot be adequately addressed without fundamentally restructuring the global capitalist economic system.
Discussed“Or is it potentially by having like democratized institutions that incentivize people with carrots instead of sticks like Naomi Klein u basically uncovered a lot of her journalism and this changes everything.”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“So, this is why I own all my Star Wars books. For better or for worse, this is why I have a a beautiful copy of Splinter in the Mind's Eye.”
“I was I was trying to think of the worst Star Wars book that I have and then you said that I'm like I can't Princess Leia. I think I actually have that.”