late capitalism

Definitions

The most recent or current form of capitalism, especially as characterized by monopoly, globalization, exploitation, and excess.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

3 more languages

Suomimyöhäiskapitalismi

Portuguêscapitalismo tardio

Svenskasenkapitalism

Examples

“The genius of late capitalism is the development of strategies for managing and profiting by its own⟳ excess.”

“The "schizoanalysis" of Deleuze and Guattari further brings the film into conversation with Gregory Bateson's analysis of schizophrenia and the environment in Steps to an Ecology of Mind⟳, wrapping up with an examination of the film as a product of late capitalism.”

“If, then, something like⟳ attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is a pathology, it is a pathology of late capitalism – a consequence of being wired into the entertainment-control circuits of hypermediated consumer culture.”

“An ideology of technological rationalism in the globalization of late capitalism appears to be a specific example of reification; it has the function of the mystifying concealment of social conflict, contradiction, and war.”

“Those cerebral outlets helped to fuel renewed interest⟳ in Marx and critical theory, as well as late capitalism. David Graeber, a leading figure⟳ in Occupy⟳ and the coiner of the phrase “We are the 99 percent,” for instance, wrote a long essay for The Baffler that touched on Jameson, Mandel, corporate profitability, flying cars, and, of course, late capitalism.”

“Are we to detect⟳ a critique of late capitalism in the fact that she works as a cashier, librarian, bus driver, helicopter rescue⟳ pilot and training co-ordinator for the local fire service?”

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