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THE END OF MATERIAL SCARCITY: DYSTOPIA AND IMMANENT CRITIQUE OF CAPITALISM.

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Title: THE END OF MATERIAL SCARCITY: DYSTOPIA AND IMMANENT CRITIQUE OF CAPITALISM.
Authors: ADAM RICHARD ROTTINGHAUS, ROSEANN PLURETTI, DANIEL SUTKO
Source: ETC: A Review of General Semantics. Oct2015, Vol. 72 Issue 4, p347-358. 12p.
Subjects: Scarcity, Materials, Desire, Basic needs, Capitalism
Abstract: The article discusses information about the End of Material Scarcity Futuretype (EMS), a representation of a future in which access to material resources fulfills the spectrum of human wants and needs. Topics include the author's suggestion that the lack of EMS futuretypes indicates that current conceptual tools in popular discourse are inadequate to undertake an immanent critique of capitalism's promise of infinite abundance
Database: Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
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Abstract:The article discusses information about the End of Material Scarcity Futuretype (EMS), a representation of a future in which access to material resources fulfills the spectrum of human wants and needs. Topics include the author's suggestion that the lack of EMS futuretypes indicates that current conceptual tools in popular discourse are inadequate to undertake an immanent critique of capitalism's promise of infinite abundance
ISSN:0014164X