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-About this book
« A must read for everyone rising against the system that is destroying life on earth and our future. » Vandana Shiva, World Future Council
The End of the Megamachine provides a uniquely comprehensive picture of the roots of the destructive forces that are threatening the future of humankind today. Spanning 5000 years of history, the book shows how the three tyrannies of militarized states, capital accumulation and ideological power have been steering both ecosystems and societies to the brink of collapse. With the growing instability of the Megamachine in the 21st century, new dangers open up as well as new possibilities for systemic change, to which everyone can contribute.
-Contents
Introduction
The Myths of Modernity
The Megamachine
Limits of the System
Book Structure
Part I: The Four Tyrannies
- POWER—The Four Tyrannies and the Roots of Domination
The Three Tyrannies
Physical Power
Structural Violence
Ideological Power
The Invention of the Dominating God
The Fourth Tyranny
- METAL—Mining, Armament and Power over Nature
The Origins of the Military-Industrial Complex
Environmental Disasters
Playing God: Metallurgy and Power over Creation
- THE MARKET—Economic Power, Money and Property The Myth of the Market
War as the Cradle of the Market
The Laurion Mines
The Roman Silver Empire
The First Corporations
Ownership as Complete Power of Disposition
- POWERLESSNESS—The Trauma of Power and the Origin of Apocalyptic Thinking What is Trauma?
Apocalypse as a Response to the Trauma of Power
The Destruction of Heaven and Earth
Heavenly Jerusalem and the Sulfur Lake
Shattering the Present
Objections to the End of the World: The Jesus Movement
- MISSION—The Origins of Western Universalism
The Great Reinterpretation
Mission and Power
The Destruction of the Other
Part II: The Megamachine
- MONSTERS—The Re-formation of Power and the Emergence of the Modern World-System (1348–1648)
The Epoch of Fear
The Great Crisis
The Arsenal of Venice
The Reinvention of War
Resurrection of the Metallurgical Complex
The Role of Banks
Unleashing the Monster
Crushing Egalitarian Movements
The Invention of the Joint-Stock Company
Power and Powerlessness in the Global World-System
- MACHINE—Mechanistic Sciences, State Apparatuses and the Disciplining of Man (1600–1800)
The World as Machine
The Role of the Sciences
Redefining Reality
The Legibility of the World
Urban Planning as Counterinsurgency
The Human Machine
The School as Disciplinary Institution
The Invention of Work
- MOLOCH—Coal Power, Total Market and Total War (1712–1918)
Coal: The Third Revolution of the Metallurgical Complex
The Total Market
Uprooting, Social Trauma and Resistance
The Invention of the Nation
The Great Expansion
“Civilization”: The New Missionary Project
The Devastation of Africa
India: The Invention of the Third World
The Destruction of China by Western Colonial Powers
The Path to Total War
- MASKS—Governing the Great Machine and the Fight for Democracy (1787–1945)
USA 1787: The Filter of Representation
France 1789: The Filter of Money
Haiti 1804: The Filter of Debt
The Filter of “Public Opinion”
The Issue of System Control
Russia 1917
The “Guided Democracy”
The German Revolution of 1918–19
The Fascist Option
- METAMORPHOSES—The Post-war Boom, Resistance Movements and the Limits of the System (1945–…)
The Trente glorieuses
Independence Movements in the Global South
”Development” as Internal Colonization
The World Revolution of 1968
The Great Rollback
The Power of Debt
The Limits of the System
The Ultimate Limitation: The Planet
- POSSIBILITIES—Exit from the Megamachine
Revolution Without a Master Plan
Breaking Away from Capital Accumulation
Shrinking the Metallurgical and Fossil Fuel Complex
The Rediscovery of the Commons
The Search for True Democracy
Demilitarizing Society
Giving up Control over Nature
- AFTERWORD—The Shadow of the Hydra: Pandemics and the Limits of Expansion
Appendix
Acknowledgments
Endnotes
-Caractéristiques
Date de parution: 25 September 2020
Publisher : Zero Books
Language : English
Paperback : 440 pages
ISBN-10 : 1789042712
ISBN-13 : 978-1789042719
poids : 430 g
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