{"product_id":"disassembly-required-a-field-guide-to-actually-existing-capitalism-9781849351263","title":"Disassembly Required: A Field Guide to Actually Existing Capitalism","description":"\"The book's argument does not rely on ideologies, scapegoats, or heroes. more than anything, \u003ci\u003eDisassembly Required\u003c\/i\u003e is about a kind of common sense that's become hard to escape--a common sense of privatization, austerity, and financialization that has invaded virtually every aspect of our lives and communities. 2008 gave many of us a remarkable window toward something different, Mann says, but we don't need to wait for another market crash to find a way out of capitalism.\"--Sam Ross-Brown, \u003ci\u003eUtne\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An essential handbook for understanding 'actually existing' capitalism, and thus the world as it really is--rather than as it is theorized and justified by the dissembling high priests of mainstream academia, policy, and politics.\"--Christian Parenti, \u003ci\u003eTropic of Chaos\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A brilliantly lucid book. Mann illuminates the basic principles of modern capitalism, their expressions in contemporary economies and states, and their devastating socio-ecological consequences for working people everywhere. This is a must-read if we are to envision ways of organizing our common planetary existence that are not based upon the illusory promises of market fundamentalism and the suicidal ideology of endless economic growth.\"--Neil Brenner, \u003ci\u003eNew State Spaces\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Geoff Mann is a new breed of monkey-wrencher. He knows that contemporary capitalism has a perverse habit of dismantling itself and gives us a toolkit to build a new, more socially just edifice.\"--Andy Merrifield, \u003ci\u003eMagical Marxism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Insightful and incisive, thoughtful and thorough, filled with new avenues for thinking about resistence. Pass this one by at your own peril.\"--Matt Hern, \u003ci\u003eCommon Ground in a Liquid City\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo imagine how we might change capitalism, we first need to understand it. To succeed in \u003ci\u003eactually changing \u003c\/i\u003eit, we need to be able to explain how it works and convince others that change is both possible and necessary. \u003ci\u003eDisassembly Required \u003c\/i\u003eis an attempt to meet those challenges, and to offer clear, accessible alternatives to the status quo of everyday capitalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally crafted as a comprehensive overview for younger readers, Geoff Mann's explanation of the fundamental features of contemporary capitalism is illustrated with real-world examples?an ideal introduction for anyone wanting to learn more about what capitalism is and where it falls short. What emerges is an anti-capitalist critique that fully understands the complex, dynamic, robust organizational machine of modern economic life, digging deep into the details of capitalist institutions and the relations that justify them to unearth the politically indefensible and ecologically unsustainable premises that underlie them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeoff Mann \u003c\/b\u003eteaches political economy and economic geography at Simon Fraser University, where he directs the Centre for Global Political Economy. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eOur Daily Bread: Wages, Workers and the Political Economy of the American West\u003c\/i\u003e (2007) and a frequent contributor to \u003ci\u003eHistorical Materialism\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNew Left Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn Oakland, California on March 24, 2015 a fire destroyed the AK Press warehouse along with several other businesses. Please consider visiting the AK Press website to learn more about the fundraiser to help them and their neighbors.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeoff Mann lives with his partner and sons in Vancouver BC. He teaches political economy and economic geography at Simon Fraser University, where he directs the Centre for Global Political Economy. His book \u003ci\u003eOur Daily Bread: Wages, Workers and the Political Economy of the American Wes\u003c\/i\u003et (UNC, 2007) won the Paul Sweezy Prize from the American Sociological Association and the Michael S. Harrington Award from the American Political Science Association, and his writing on capitalism has appeared in New Left Review and Historical Materialism, among other journals. His current research concerns the politics of macroeconomic policy, and he is presently completing a book on the many lives of Keynesianism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"AK Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52197005197586,"sku":"9781849351263","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7786b391-0c0c-47a3-bca3-29976666d701.jpg?v=1776160091","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/disassembly-required-a-field-guide-to-actually-existing-capitalism-9781849351263","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}