Description
Chance-Capitalism
Book Summary
This collective work analyzes how chance and gambling have ceased to be activities separate from daily life to become the core of contemporary social and economic relations. The authors explore the "gamification" of existence, where real losses are disguised as simple moves within a continuous game. An essential essay for understanding how late capitalism normalizes risk and produces subjectivities incapable of facing real defeat, eroding any tragic sense of human experience.
What is it about?
The book starts from the premise that play no longer constitutes a moment separate from daily routine, but that life itself has transformed into a permanent game. In this dynamic, relationships become more liquid and imaginary, and both the possibilities of gain and loss are experienced as internal to the game itself, not as its real end. The authors examine how the gamification of life forms normalizes chance and real risk, causing loss to be perceived as just another phase of the game. This produces subjectivities that lack the tools to face authentic defeats, eliminating any tragic sense even in the most explicit forms of gambling.
Main themes
- Gamification of daily life and its impact on subjectivity
- Normalization of risk and chance in contemporary capitalism
- Transformation of social relations into liquid and imaginary experiences
- Loss of the tragic sense in modern human experience
- Production of subjectivities incapable of facing real defeats
Who is it recommended for?
This book is aimed at readers interested in social and political philosophy essays, critical sociology, and contemporary cultural theory. It is especially relevant for those seeking to understand the psychological and social transformations induced by late capitalism, as well as for students and professionals in the social sciences, philosophy, and cultural studies.
What this book offers
- A critical and original analysis of gamification as a mechanism of social control
- Conceptual tools for understanding how risk has been normalized in daily life
- A profound reflection on the loss of the tragic sense in contemporary societies
- Keys to understanding the production of vulnerable subjectivities in today's capitalism
Technical specifications
- Author: Various authors
- Publisher: Enclave de Libros Ediciones
- Language: Spanish
- Subject: Literary essays, Social and political philosophy, Sociology
- Collection: Tangentes
- Binding: Paperback
- Publication date: November 2015
- Number of pages: 200
- Weight: 298 g
Editorial review
Chance-Capitalism offers a lucid and necessary perspective on how play and chance have infiltrated the very structures of our social and economic life. Its collective approach allows for the phenomenon to be addressed from multiple angles, enriching the analysis. It is recommended reading for those seeking critical tools to interpret the dynamics of risk and vulnerability in contemporary capitalism, without falling into simplifications.