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    Futurability: The Age of Impotence and the Horizon of Possibility
    Futurability: The Age of Impotence and the Horizon of Possibility
    Futurability: The Age of Impotence and the Horizon of Possibility
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    Futurability: The Age of Impotence and the Horizon of Possibility

    By Franco Berardi

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    We live in an age of impotence. Stuck between global war and global finance, between identity and capital, we seem to be incapable of producing that radical change that is so desperately needed. Is there still a way to disentangle ourselves from a global order that shapes our politics as well as our imagination?
    In his most systematic book to date, renowned Italian theorist Franco Berardi Bifo tackles this question through a solid yet visionary analysis of the three fundamental concepts of Possibility, Potency, and Power. Overcoming any temptation of giving in to despair or nostalgia, Berardi proposes the notion of Futurability as a way to remind us that even within the darkness of our current crisis, still lies dormant the horizon of possibility.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherVerso UK
    Release dateMay 23, 2017
    ISBN9781784787455
    Futurability: The Age of Impotence and the Horizon of Possibility

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