Pol Science Books

MARK FISHER || CAPITALIST REALISM Is there no alternative? LATEST ONE PLEASE CHECK Why does capitalism continue to feel inevitable, even when we recognise its contradictions? In Capitalist Realism, Mark Fisher examines the relationship between capitalism, culture, mental health, bureaucracy, and political imagination. This explainer explores: • Capitalist realism and ideology • Reflexive impotence and depressive hedonism • Neoliberalism and market Stalinism • The disappearance of the future • The possibility of collective alternatives Watch the full video: https://youtu.be/hha0_1iqJgs Can we imagine a world beyond capitalism?

New Book Explainer | Pierre Bourdieu What does your taste reveal about your social class? In Distinction, Bourdieu examines how cultural preferences, lifestyles, education, and everyday judgments reproduce social hierarchies. This explainer explores the book's major concepts, including habitus, cultural capital, symbolic violence, legitimate taste, and the taste of necessity. 🎥 Watch the full video: [https://youtu.be/jffJy7eRJkA] A question to think about: When we call something sophisticated or vulgar, whose standards are we using?

NEW LONG-FORM BOOK EXPLAINER Paulo Freire Pedagogy of the Oppressed What if education is not politically neutral? What if the way we teach, learn and understand the world can either reproduce existing structures of power — or help us challenge them? In this long-form explainer, I unpack Freire's major arguments: • Humanization and dehumanization • Fear of freedom • Internalization of the oppressor • False generosity • Praxis • The banking model of education • Problem-posing education • Dialogue and conscientization • Generative themes and limit-situations • Antidialogical and dialogical action • Education as a practice of liberation The central question: Are we educating people to adapt to the world as it is — or to transform it? 🎥 Watch the full explainer here: [ https://youtu.be/RPYF4Mh1eWQ] If you watch it, tell me which idea from Freire you found most powerful.