Scorched Earth

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Beyond the Digital Age to a Post-Capitalist World

By Jonathan Crary

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Scorched Earth by Jonathan Crary explores the global implications of digital capitalism and its destructive impact on societies. The book delves into the pervasive influence of technology and examines how it perpetuates inequality, impacts democracy, and alters human relationships, pushing readers to critically assess the world shaped by digital conglomerates. It serves as a thought-provoking analysis of our current societal trajectory.
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This book may appeal to you if you're interested in a critical analysis of contemporary capitalism's impact on the environment and society. It explores themes of ecological crisis, inequality, and resistance, providing a compelling critique of the current state of global affairs.

Scorched Earth

Refusing the digital world of late capitalism

Refusing the world created by digital capitalism

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In this uncompromising essay, Jonathan Crary presents the obvious but unsayable reality: our 'digital age' is synonymous with the disastrous terminal stage of global capitalism and its financialisation of social existence, mass impoverishment, ecocide, and military terror.

Scorched Earth surveys the wrecking of a living world by the internet complex and its devastation of communities and their capacities for mutual support. This polemic by the author of 24/7 dismantles the presumption that social media could be instruments of radical change and contends that the networks and platforms of transnational corporations are intrinsically incompatible with a habitable earth or with the human interdependence needed to build egalitarian post-capitalist forms of life.

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Scorched Earth by Jonathan Crary is praised for its urgent critique of the irreversible damage caused by capitalism and internet culture. Reviewers highlight Crary's uncompromising assessment of how digital landscapes and capitalist technology contribute to societal and environmental crises. The book is described as thought-provoking, with a passionate call for reimagining our future away from techno-consumer culture. Crary's work is seen as a pivotal contribution to understanding the destructive impact of global capitalism, offering a vision of an alternative society free from the internet's dominance.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781784784447

Publisher: Verso Books

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 12 April 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Verso Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 244g

Pages: 144

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About the Author

Jonathan Crary is Meyer Schapiro Professor of Modern Art and Theory at Columbia University and is a founding editor of Zone Books. His publications include Techniques of the Observer, Suspensions of Perception and 24/7.

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