Futurability

the age of impotence and the horizon of possibility

246 pages

English language

Published April 17, 2017

ISBN:
978-1-78478-743-1
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OCLC Number:
984898833

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We live in an age of impotence. Stuck between global war and global finance, between identity and capital, we seem to be incapable of producing the radical change that is so desperately needed. Is there still a way to disentangle ourselves from a global order that shapes our politics as well as our imagination? In his most systematic book to date, renowned Italian theorist Franco Berardi tackles this question through a solid yet visionary analysis of the three fundamental concepts of Possibility, Potency, and Power. Characterizing Possibility as the content, Potency as the energy, and Power as the form, Berardi suggests that the road to emancipation unravels from the awareness that the field of the possible is only limited, and not created, by the power structures that implement it. Other futures and other worlds are always already inscribed within the present, despite power's attempt at keeping them invisible. Overcoming any …

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Subjects

  • Globalization
  • Modern Civilization
  • Political aspects
  • Philosophy
  • Possibility
  • Power (Social sciences)