Utopia Or Bust
Benjamin Kunkel UTOPIA OR BUST A GUIDE to the PRESENT CRISIS Utopia or Bust The Jacobin series fe atures short interrogations of politics, economics, and culture fr om a socialist perspective, as an avenue to radical political practice. The books offer critical analysis and engagement with the history and ideas of the Left in an accessible fo rmat. The series is a collaboration between Verso Books and jacobin magazine, which is published quarterly in print and online at jacobinmag.com. Other titles in this series available from Verso Books: Playing the Whore by Melissa Gira Grant Strike forAm erica by Micah Vetricht Utopia or Bust A Guide to the Present Crisis by BENJAMIN KUNKEL Y VERSO London • New York First published by Verso 2014 ©Benjamin Kunkel 2014 Chapters I, 2, 4, and 6 appeared first, in slightly differentform, in the London Review ofBooks (February 3, 20II; April 22, 2010; 4, May 10, 2012; August 8, 2013 respectively). Chapter 3 appeared first in n+f (June 4, 2010). Chapter 5 appeared first in the New Statesman (September 27, 2012). All rights reserved The moral rights of the author have been asserted 13579108642 Verso UK: 6 Meard Street, London WlF OEG US: 20 Jay Street, Suite 1010, Brooklyn, NY 11201 www. versobooks.com Verso is the imprint of New Left Books ISBN-13: 978-1-78168-327-9 (PBK) eiSBN-13: 978-1-78168-328-6 (US) eiSBN-13: 978-1-78168-637-9 (UK) BritishLibrary Cataloguingin PublicationData A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of CongressCataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress Typeset in Fournier MT by Hewer Text UK Ltd, Edinburgh Printed in the US by Maple Press For who can use it It was thenceforth no longer a question whether this theorem or that was true, but whether it was useful to capital or harm fu l, expedient or inexpedient, politically dangerous or not.
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