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Inventing the Future : Postcapitalism and a World Without Work - Nick Srnicek

Inventing the Future

Postcapitalism and a World Without Work

By: Nick Srnicek, Alex Williams

Paperback | 23 November 2016 | Edition Number 1

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A major new manifesto for a high-tech future free from work

Neoliberalism isn't working. Austerity is forcing millions into poverty and many more into precarious work, while the left remains trapped in stagnant political practices that offer no respite.

Inventing the Future is a bold new manifesto for life after capitalism. Against the confused understanding of our high-tech world by both the right and the left, this book claims that the emancipatory and future-oriented possibilities of our society can be reclaimed. Instead of running from a complex future, Nick Srnicek and Alex Williams demand a postcapitalist economy capable of advancing standards, liberating humanity from work and developing technologies that expand our freedoms.

About the Author

NICK SRNICEK is the author of Postcapitalist Technologies and the co-editor of The Speculative Turn.

ALEX WILLIAMS teaches at the University of East London.
Industry Reviews
"Nick Srnicek and Alex Williams' project dares to propose a different way of thinking and acting. Given the fizzling of the Occupy moment, a radical rethinking of the anarchic approach is badly needed but just not happening. This book could do a lot of work in getting that rethink going." - Doug Henwood, author of Wall Street

"A powerful book: it not only shows us how the postcapitalist world of rapidly improving technology could make us free, but it also shows us how we can organise to get there. This is a must-read." - Paul Mason, author of Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future

"Srnicek and Williams demonstrate how a sustainable economic future is less a question of means than of imagination. The postcapitalist world they envision is utterly attainable, if we can remember that we have been inventing the economy all along." - Douglas Rushkoff, author of Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now

"Inventing the Future is exactly what we need right now. With immense patience and care, it sets out a clear and compelling vision of a postcapitalist society. Equally importantly, it lays out a plausible programme which can take us from 24/7 capitalist immiseration to a world free of work." - Mark Fisher, author of Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?

"A conceptual launch pad for a new socialist imagination..." - Mike Davis, author of Planet of Slums

"Most important book of 2015" - Aaron Bastani, co-founder of Novara Media

"A fascinating book about an alternative to austerity: can't wait to read it." - Owen Jones

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