ABSTRACT

Exhausting Modernity is a bold new work on the exhaustion of our resources, both natural and human. Drawing on the insights of Marx and Freud, it provides a compelling analysis of the exhaustion pervading modern capitalism: environmental collapse, rising poverty levels and increasing global economic disparity. This is essential reading for political and social theorists, philosophers, economists, and all those interested in the environment.

chapter |18 pages

Introduction

part |55 pages

Part I Psyche

chapter |20 pages

The Foundational Fantasy

chapter |14 pages

Energetics

chapter |19 pages

Inertia

part |5 pages

Part II Economy

chapter |24 pages

The Time/Energy Axis

chapter |13 pages

Production and Real Value

part |67 pages

Part III Polity

chapter |19 pages

The State and Exploitation

chapter |29 pages

Imaginary Time

chapter |17 pages

Exploitation and Opposition