Mark Fisher: Capitalist Realism

My Patreon:   / simonobirek   Twitter:   / simonobirek   Instagram:   / obirek_   and   / subversivetheory   ____ DESCRIPTION Capitalist realism, one of the most malign concepts to ever emerge from philosophy and/or critical theory. Developed by former CCRU affiliate Mark Fisher in his 2009 book "Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?", it is a concept which situates itself after the postmodernism/postmodernity proposed by Fredric Jameson. Apart from Jameson, Fisher is inspired by the psychoanalysis of Jacques Lacan (schizophrenia, especially) and the schizoanalysis/molecular thinking by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari. And of course, who can forget, another source of inspiration was Karl Marx' Marxism. This is a video essay exploring Mark Fisher's book and the concept of capitalist realism. And the video's aesthetic is, of course, pure hauntology. Neoliberalism sucks. ____ LITERATURE Mark Fisher: "Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?" (2009) Fredric Jameson: "Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism (1991) Link to Fisher's k-punk blog: https://k-punk.org