The Alibi of Capital keyword-albert-camus Born in French Equatorial Africa

Born in French Equatorial Africa and abandoned at the age of three

this is a book which strives to find new links between the micro-politics of daily life and the evolving structures of capitalism

Incorporating innovative approaches – such as advanced spatial mapping

In this beautifully illustrated book

and storytelling to reveal how the Frankfurt thinkers gathered in hopes of understanding the politics of culture during the rise of fascism

The Alibi of Capital keyword-albert-camus Born in French Equatorial AfricaToday, extraordinary wealth seems to arrive from nowhere. The trick of conjuring this unearned wealth is, in fact, the key to understanding capitalisms origins and a clue to why the catastrophe of climate collapse is upon us: value is created by consuming the future. The Alibi of Capital explains how this came about through the imperial expansion of the West, encumbering todays generations with repayments on earlier extractions. Timothy Mitchell