Max Haiven
Art, debt, capitalism and revenge
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In this talk,聽惭补虫听贬补颈惫别苍聽discusses the threads that connect his last book聽Art After Money, Money After Art: Creative Strategies Against Financialization聽(2018) with his newly released聽Revenge Capitalism: The Ghosts of Empire, the Demons of Capital, and the Settling of Unpayable Debts聽(May 2020).
He takes up the condition of living in a world defined by the imposition of "unpayable debts from above" that act vengefully on people and nations and the potential for claiming "unpayable debts from below." Arguing that such unpayable debts dare not speak their true name in the realms of politics, law and economics, he suggests that this strange and complicit thing we call "art" may have something unique and powerful to offer in the months and years to come.
Biography
聽is Canada Research Chair in Culture, Media and Social Justice at聽聽in Northwest Ontario and director of the聽听(搁颈痴础尝).
He writes articles for both academic and general audiences and is the author of the books聽: Capitalism, Creativity and the Commons聽(2014),聽: Social Movement Research in the Age of Austerity聽(with Alex Khasnabish, 2014) and聽: Fictitious Capital in Popular Culture and Everyday Life聽(2014).
His latest book,聽: Creative Strategies Against Financialization, was published by Pluto in Fall 2018. His book聽: The Ghosts of Empire, the Demons of Capital, and the Settling of Unpayable Debts will appear in May 2020.
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