The new spirit of capitalism

highly tractable and productive cultural analysis for those that are interested in formulating their own cultural hypotheses or periodisations of capital. unfortunately, the focus on 90s French management literature here seems to culminate in a movement away from capitalism's actuality towards its appearances, where you might actually become convinced that capitalism is a two-way system to a degree that is significant, or that it periodically vets itself in response to audience criticism. it might depend on where you stand, but i think the coercive way in which capitalism has crushed its opposition concentrates more of its energy than securing 'buy-in'

on a pettier note, way, way, way too long. chapter 1 begins on page one hundred and something, there's no need