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Szepanski, Achim

Achim Szepanski is the founder of the Electronic Music Labels Force Inc., and Mille Plateaux. His research focuses on speculative capital. He published Financial Capital in the 21st Century (Palgrave) and  is the Editor of the online magazine NON.

Capitalism in the Age of Catastrophe</a>

Capitalism in the Age of Catastrophe

This book analyses contemporary and future conditions of global finance and capitalism in an age of catastrophe. It illuminates the links between various crises that have beset the world economy in recent decades and sets these in philosophical context, drawing on the work of Marx, Bataille and Baudrillard to forge new understandings of the impact of capitalist hegemony on society and nature.

Capitalism in the Age of Catastrophe</a>

Capitalism in the Age of Catastrophe

This book analyses contemporary and future conditions of global finance and capitalism in an age of catastrophe. It illuminates the links between various crises that have beset the world economy in recent decades and sets these in philosophical context, drawing on the work of Marx, Bataille and Baudrillard to forge new understandings of the impact of capitalist hegemony on society and nature.

RIOT - Was war da los in Hamburg?</a>

RIOT - Was war da los in Hamburg?

»Wir kommen an das Ende einer Tradition, und die neue Tradition hat sich noch kaum herausgebildet,« schrieb Thompson über den zwei Jahrhunderte zurückliegenden Übergang. Sogar die bürgerliche Presse erhascht einen Blick hierauf: 2011 veröffentlichte Newsweek das Coverbild eines von Flammen umgebenden Teilnehmers der Tottenham Riots mit Trainingsanzug und Maske mit der Überschrift: »DER NIEDERGANG UND FALL EUROPAS (UND VIELLEICHT DESWESTENS)«.