Cannibal Capitalism: How Our System Is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet—and What We Can Do About It
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Cannibal Capitalism: How Our System Is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet—and What We Can Do About It is a critical political-philosophical work by Nancy Fraser that analyzes contemporary capitalism’s destructive effects on democracy, social reproduction, and the environment while outlining possibilities for systemic transformation.
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Target entity: Cannibal Capitalism: How Our System Is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet—and What We Can Do About It Context triple: [Nancy Fraser, notableWork, Cannibal Capitalism: How Our System Is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet—and What We Can Do About It]
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Capitalism vs. the Climate
Capitalism vs. the Climate is the subtitle of Naomi Klein’s book "This Changes Everything," encapsulating its argument that the climate crisis is fundamentally intertwined with and exacerbated by the structures of global capitalism.
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The human roots of the ecological crisis
"The human roots of the ecological crisis" is a key chapter in Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato si’ that analyzes how modern technological, economic, and cultural patterns of human behavior have led to environmental degradation and social injustice.
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This Changes Everything
"This Changes Everything" is a 2015 documentary film directed by Avi Lewis that explores the intersection of climate change, capitalism, and social justice, inspired by Naomi Klein’s book of the same name.
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This Changes Everything
This Changes Everything is a non-fiction book by Naomi Klein that argues climate change is an urgent crisis rooted in capitalism and calls for transformative economic and political change.
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Battle for Grain
The Battle for Grain was a major Fascist Italian agricultural policy initiative launched by Benito Mussolini in the 1920s to boost domestic wheat production and reduce reliance on foreign imports.
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Target entity: Cannibal Capitalism: How Our System Is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet—and What We Can Do About It Target entity description: Cannibal Capitalism: How Our System Is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet—and What We Can Do About It is a critical political-philosophical work by Nancy Fraser that analyzes contemporary capitalism’s destructive effects on democracy, social reproduction, and the environment while outlining possibilities for systemic transformation.
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A.
Capitalism vs. the Climate
Capitalism vs. the Climate is the subtitle of Naomi Klein’s book "This Changes Everything," encapsulating its argument that the climate crisis is fundamentally intertwined with and exacerbated by the structures of global capitalism.
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B.
The human roots of the ecological crisis
"The human roots of the ecological crisis" is a key chapter in Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato si’ that analyzes how modern technological, economic, and cultural patterns of human behavior have led to environmental degradation and social injustice.
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C.
This Changes Everything
"This Changes Everything" is a 2015 documentary film directed by Avi Lewis that explores the intersection of climate change, capitalism, and social justice, inspired by Naomi Klein’s book of the same name.
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D.
This Changes Everything
This Changes Everything is a non-fiction book by Naomi Klein that argues climate change is an urgent crisis rooted in capitalism and calls for transformative economic and political change.
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E.
Battle for Grain
The Battle for Grain was a major Fascist Italian agricultural policy initiative launched by Benito Mussolini in the 1920s to boost domestic wheat production and reduce reliance on foreign imports.
- F. None of above. chosen
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climate crisis ⓘ crisis tendencies of capitalism ⓘ legitimation crisis ⓘ |
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develop a comprehensive critique of capitalism
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link struggles for democracy, care, and the environment ⓘ outline emancipatory political strategies ⓘ |
| author | Nancy Fraser ⓘ |
| critiques |
contemporary capitalism
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neoliberalism ⓘ |
| examines |
relations between capitalism and nature
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relations between economy and democracy ⓘ relations between production and social reproduction ⓘ |
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destructive effects of capitalism on democracy
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destructive effects of capitalism on social reproduction ⓘ destructive effects of capitalism on the environment ⓘ |
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critical theory
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political theory ⓘ social philosophy ⓘ |
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Marxist
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critical theory ⓘ ecological ⓘ feminist ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
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capitalism
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care work ⓘ crisis of democracy ⓘ critical theory of capitalism ⓘ democracy ⓘ ecological crisis ⓘ environmental crisis ⓘ feminist theory ⓘ social reproduction ⓘ systemic transformation ⓘ |
| proposes | possibilities for systemic transformation ⓘ |
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Fortunes of Feminism
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Justice Interruptus ⓘ Redistribution or Recognition? ⓘ |
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Marxian political economy
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critical theory of society ⓘ feminist social reproduction theory ⓘ |
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Cannibal Capitalism: How Our System Is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet—and What We Can Do About It
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