Lexington Books
Pages: 200
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Trim: 6¼ x 9½
978-0-7391-7280-3 • Hardback • August 2012 • $108.00 • (£83.00)
978-0-7391-9065-4 • Paperback • December 2013 • $51.99 • (£40.00)
978-0-7391-7281-0 • eBook • August 2012 • $49.00 • (£38.00)
Cynthia Kaufman is the director of the Institute of Community and Civic Engagement at De Anza College, where she also teaches philosophy.
Chapter 1: What Is Capitalism and Why It Is a Problem
Chapter 2: Ways Not to Think About Getting Past Capitalism
Chapter 3: The Reproduction of Capitalist Processes
Chapter 4: Getting Past Capitalism . . .or How to Fight a Hydra in a Fog
Chapter 5: Alternatives to Capitalism
Chapter 6: Practical Steps for Building a Movement to Get Past Capitalism
The global Great Recession and the deepening climate crisis have made abundantly clear that capitalism is on a collision course with human and ecological well-being. The difficult question is: what to do about it? Getting Past Capitalism is filled with rich insights and fresh proposals for answering that question. Cynthia Kaufman writes clearly and powerfully, offering readers, as her subtitle promises, ‘history, vision, and hope.’
— Robert Pollin, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
A powerful, instructive and moving guide to the many avenues of systemic challenge and positive movement-building energies and strategies now emerging around the world.
— Gar Alperovitz, author of America Beyond Capitalism
Expresses in clear, concise language thoughts that likely have been bumping around in the minds of many of us who reject capitalism. The book is particularly powerful because of its modesty; Kaufman promises no new grand theory and instead offers insights that we all can use in our daily lives.
— NationofChange