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- A work of political philosophy written for a general audience
- We're living through a period of profound disillusion with the institutions of the State. A 2017 poll by Pew Research Center found that only 43% of people in the largest Western European countries and only 25% in the U.S. have confidence in their representative assemblies to act in the best interests of the public. In 2019, only 17% of Americans said they trust the government in Washington to do what's right "just about always" or "most of the time," compared with nearly 80% in the mid-1960s. Significant social movements like BLM organize completely outside of mainstream politics and don't aspire to elect people to office.
- Given this it's hard to understand why people continue to obey the State and why it's so hard to think of other ways to organize society, even when crises like the Covid-19 pandemic or the US's unending wars in the middle east make it clear how ill-equipped and or damaging state-centric logics are for solving humanity's problems.
- The Operating System is the first book in many years to propose a comprehensive theory of the modern State: what it is, how it functions and what its drivers are, and how it prevents us from solving critical problems from climate change to racism and gender-based discrimination to economic inequality. The Operating System helps readers to think outside the State and understand what we need to do to shake it off.
- A work of political philosophy written for a general audience
- We're living through a period of profound disillusion with the institutions of the State. A 2017 poll by Pew Research Center found that only 43% of people in the largest Western European countries and only 25% in the U.S. have confidence in their representative assemblies to act in the best interests of the public. In 2019, only 17% of Americans said they trust the government in Washington to do what's right "just about always" or "most of the time," compared with nearly 80% in the mid-1960s. Significant social movements like BLM organize completely outside of mainstream politics and don't aspire to elect people to office.
- Given this it's hard to understand why people continue to obey the State and why it's so hard to think of other ways to organize society, even when crises like the Covid-19 pandemic or the US's unending wars in the middle east make it clear how ill-equipped and or damaging state-centric logics are for solving humanity's problems.
- The Operating System is the first book in many years to propose a comprehensive theory of the modern State: what it is, how it functions and what its drivers are, and how it prevents us from solving critical problems from climate change to racism and gender-based discrimination to economic inequality. The Operating System helps readers to think outside the State and understand what we need to do to shake it off.
Eric Laursen is an independent journalist, historian, and activist. He is the author of The People's Pension and The Duty to Stand Aside. His work has appeared in a wide variety of publications, including In These Times, The Nation, The Village Voice, Counterpunch, The Arkansas Review, and Z Magazine. He lives in Buckland, Massachusetts.
-Foreword
-Introduction: Renewing the Critique of the State
1: Iraq, COVID-19, and the State
2: Characteristics of the Operating System
3: Why Are We Against the State?
4: Shaking Off the State
-Conclusion: Reform vs. Revolution
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Importe, Politikwissenschaften |
| Rubrik: | Wissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| ISBN-13: | 9781849353878 |
| ISBN-10: | 1849353875 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Laursen, Eric |
| Hersteller: | AK Press |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 202 x 135 x 20 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Eric Laursen |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 18.05.2021 |
| Gewicht: | 0,324 kg |
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