...Commonly, grace is defined as a free gift—in opposition to exchange. Key perspectives in twentieth century Gift theory link this particularly Protestant concept of grace with the individualism and commodification that a fossil fuel addicted capitalism depends on. It also remains unclear how...

... capitalism succumbs to contemporary graphic fiction as the taking-off point and basic assertion of this chapter. Animals Cognition Graphic novel Kafka Franz Literature Acceleration Autopoeisis Book Borges Jorge Luis Cinema Colonialism Communication Generative art Joyce James Late capitalism...

... dominance of global capitalism as a defining feature of the U.S. nation discrimination civil rights Pacific whiteness 20 affirmative action capitalism citizenship Cold War incarceration India model minority Pew Research racialization ethnic studies globalization institutionalization Melamed...

...The concept of “waste”, operating in multiple registers, forms the basis for a series of forays into Marx and political economy. The chapter traverses a wide terrain: from over-accumulation of capital that portends economic crisis, to planned obsolescence as a response to under-consumption...

... capitalism international politics politics sovereignty state Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen 1789 Juárez Benito Lincoln Abraham Macdonald John A Maximilian I Mazzini Giuseppe nationalism secession Weber Max absolute powers Europe invisible sovereign states language monarchy...

... that there are contexts in which sustainability works as a paradigm. It makes sense to “sustain” Indigenous environmental cultures that resist rather than perpetuate the systems responsible for our environmental degradation. By contrast, Anglo-American sustainability maintains continuity with capitalism’s profit...

...This chapter explores relationships between Indigenous dispossession on the upper Mississippi River and the history of extractive capitalism through a consideration of the figure of Black Hawk, Black Hawk’s burial, and the theft of Black Hawk’s corpse. It argues that the theft of Black Hawk’s body...

... elements to form an abstract but actual whole. Connolly applies this and other concepts from Deleuze and Guattari’s important work to better articulate our contemporary climate crisis. Capitalism is not the only factor in the working of this machine, but it is a key driver of the process of planetary...

... and subordination and in their commitment to achieving a non-violent, peaceable society? Would not Marxist theory of economic exploitation be useful and even essential in understanding why Christian war-mongers act that way and why capitalism and imperialism are incompatible with Christianity? Should...

... to imagine market processes. Delany’s Nevèrÿon series adds another dimension to understandings of racial capitalism by focusing on race as economic utility. blackness “Conan the Barbarian” stories de Camp L Sprague economic issues Howard Robert racial capitalism Delany Samuel racism...

... from the brutal chains of exploitation. The chapter also analyzes the works of Sampie Terreblanche to trace the historical developments of racialized capital in South Africa and reviews Ernst Cassirer's understanding of the way in which a telos is always implied in any positing of history. antiblack...

... of the century, serialized Arabic fiction negotiated a struggle with its historical moment of finance. While scholars of Arabic prose in this period often write of a Nahḍah, a sense of Renaissance, Fictitious Capital argues instead that we read the trope of Nahḍah...

...This essay reconsiders the social gospel movement and its calls for a cooperative commonwealth of worker and community ownership. It proposes that important lessons from the social gospel are important for today as capitalism prevails in more global and predatory forms than ever. If there were...

... consciousness self consciousness Kojève Alexandre master slave dialectic the other self consciousness Realphilosophie Hegel creative labor forced labor versus creative Black Skin White Masks Fanon capital living labor and Gibson Nigel The Wretched of the Earth Fanon death of God capitalism...

...This essay seeks to address a lacuna within political theology, that of erotic desire. Employing a methodology of the obscene, formulated out of the work of Marcella Althaus-Reid, I argue that although the works of William Connolly and Joerg Rieger already fruitfully undress American capitalism...

...-nineteenth century. This chapter examines New Bedford's antebellum economy and occupational distribution. It discusses the city's early industrialization, with special reference to the Wamsutta Textile Mills, and looks at its networks of capitalism, enlightened governance, religious life and reform...

...Antonia Grunenberg draws a parallel between the 19th century view that imperialism was the only way to conduct world politics and the 21st century conviction that there is no alternative to liberal market capitalism. After the end of socialism, capitalism is said to be self-evident...

... or when they perceive that their job—or their future—is at risk. You can see this motive at work in any number of areas where ethical mis- conduct is common, as, for example, in cheating by students. What is needed is Presidential leadership to strengthen American values. capitalism cheap money Fuld...

... repressed realities and begin the long hard road to reforming itself. In short, it is where this conference should end, rather than begin, and I think it is also a fitting tribute to Hannah Arendt, the thinker whose ideas inform and inspire it. Arendt Hannah Arendt Center Bovespa capitalism Heuer...

...Liah Greenfeld argues that capitalism is neither the problem nor the solution to the financial crisis, but a victim of the crisis. Tracing the emergence of capitalism through a reworking of Max Weber's thesis from the Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, Greenfield argues...