The Nature of the Spectacle On Images, Money, and Conserving Capitalism

Today crisis appears to be the normal order of things. We seem to be turning in widening gyres of economic failure, species extinction, resource scarcity, war, and climate change. These crises are interconnected ecologically, economically, and politically. Just as importantly, they are connected-and...

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Main Author: Igoe, Jim (auth)
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Language:English
Published: University of Arizona Press 2021
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