Posted on 08/10/2016 7:33:10 AM PDT by rey
(2nd Paragraph) German sociologist Jens Beckert tackles this problem head-on, making imagination the focus of an extended meditation on the role of the unpredictable future in creating modern capitalism. His new book, Imagined Futures: Fictional Expectations and Capitalist Dynamics, makes a thorough, exhaustively documented argument in support of what many have suspected about capitalism: It's a castle in the air, built on fantasy shading into fraud. He makes a compelling case that no corner of the market is untouched by the process of generating imagined futures. The novelty of his work lies in offering a way to understand that process as a social system in which everyone, from individuals to institutions, is implicated.
(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...
It’s odd that a German sociologist would write this and not a Cambodian, North Korean, Cuban or Venezuelan sociologist writing about the reality of Socialism.
Marx and Engles were German.
Progressives want to stifle that imagination to make sure nobody gets ahead.
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