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Crimes of the Powerful and the Contemporary Condition The Democratic Republic of Capitalism / By Adam Lynes, James Treadwell and Kyla Bavin

By: Publication details: Bristol Bristol University Press 2024Description: ix, 241 pages 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781529228298 (paperback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364.106
Contents:
1.The Philosophy of Power: A Critical Overview - 2.Sleep-Walk Through the Fires: Harm, Violence & Dangerous Subjectivities - 3.The Era of Corporate Giants - 4.Follow the Money: The Global Finance Industry - 5.The Price of the Gun: The Arms Industry - 6.Making a [Corporate] Killing - 7.The Remote Control Over the Masses: The Media - 8.Knowledge, Education & Power.
Summary: The ultimate expression of power is the ability to act beyond the confines of law, with contemporary society enabling elite groups to wield “panoramic power”. From the murderous crimes of the corporate giants that provide us with life’s luxuries and necessities to the data gathering activities of media and educational institutions, the authors offer new thinking on damaging structures of power and privilege. This accessible book provides a comprehensive understanding of elite corporate wrongdoing, and the late capitalist society that enables harm, considering both how we got into this mess and how we get out of it.
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BOOKs National Law School General Stacks 364.106 LYN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) PB Available Recommended by Mr. Sidharth Chauhan 40382

1.The Philosophy of Power: A Critical Overview -
2.Sleep-Walk Through the Fires: Harm, Violence & Dangerous Subjectivities -
3.The Era of Corporate Giants -
4.Follow the Money: The Global Finance Industry -
5.The Price of the Gun: The Arms Industry -
6.Making a [Corporate] Killing -
7.The Remote Control Over the Masses: The Media -
8.Knowledge, Education & Power.

The ultimate expression of power is the ability to act beyond the confines of law, with contemporary society enabling elite groups to wield “panoramic power”. From the murderous crimes of the corporate giants that provide us with life’s luxuries and necessities to the data gathering activities of media and educational institutions, the authors offer new thinking on damaging structures of power and privilege.
This accessible book provides a comprehensive understanding of elite corporate wrongdoing, and the late capitalist society that enables harm, considering both how we got into this mess and how we get out of it.

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