"In a lively blend of pop culture, history, and philosophical analysis, Heath and Potter offer a startlingly clear picture of what a concern for social justice might look like without the confusion of the counterculture obsession with being different."--Jacket.
In this [book, the authors] shatter the most important myth that dominates much of radical political, economic, and cultural thinking. The idea of a counterculture - a world outside of the consumer-dominated world that encompasses us - pervades everything from the antiglobalizat…
Opgør med den moderne aktivisme mod mainstream-forbrugerisme. Ifølge forfatterne foreslår grupper som Attac og Adbusters blot en alternativ forbrugerisme, der fungerer på samme vilkår som den kapitalisme de hævder at bekæmpe
"In a lively blend of pop culture, history, and philosophical analysis, Heath and Potter offer a startlingly clear picture of what a concern for social justice might look like without the confusion of the counterculture obsession with being different."--Jacket.
"Political theorists are aware that the old-fashioned model of state power, according to which elected officials make policy decisions, which are then faithfully enacted by a loyal cadre of public servants, is hopelessly outdated. The complexity of the modern state, not to menti…