Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism (45 page)

Contradiction 17: The Revolt of Human Nature: Universal Alienation

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David Harvey,
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2.
See the debate in Immanuel Wallerstein, Randall Collins, Michael Mann, Georgi Derluguian and Craig Calhoun,
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3.
André Gorz,
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4.
Ibid., p. 86.

5.
Ibid., pp. 87–8.

6.
Ibid., p. 100.

7.
Ibid., p. 114.

8.
Thorstein Veblen,
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9.
Gorz,
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10.
Ibid., pp. 45–6.

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12.
Gorz,
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13.
Ibid., pp. 46–7.

14.
Ibid., p. 184.

Conclusion: Prospects for a Happy but Contested Future: The Promise of Revolutionary Humanism

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David Harvey,
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Giorgio Agamben,
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Louis Althusser,
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7.
Frantz Fanon,
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8.
Ibid., p. 6.

9.
Ibid., p. 51.

10.
Ibid., p. 144.

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Frederick Engels,
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12.
Fanon,
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