The cultural contradictions of capitalism
by Daniel Bell · first published 1976
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Since its original publication in 1976, The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism has been hailed as an intellectual tour de force that redefines how we think about the relationship among econmomics, culture, and social change. Daniel Bell, the author of such other modern classics as The End of Ideology and The Coming of Post-Industrial Society, argues that the unbounded drive of modern capitalism undermines the moral foundations of the original Protestant ethic that ushered in capitalism itself. In a major new afterword, Bell offers a bracing perspective on contemporary Western society, from
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on “The Poison We Pick” ↗Much of what you said, discussions on post-industrial, post-modern societies with capitalistic incentives driving more-and-more societal aspects, echoes the sentiment from Daniel Bell's The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism.
on “Is Loneliness a Health Epidemic?” ↗Just copped a copy of Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism last month after Zizek namedropped his book on that debate.
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