Bibliograph

Cryptocommunism, Mark Alizart ; translated by Robin Mackay

Type

Label

Cryptocommunism, Mark Alizart ; translated by Robin Mackay

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Cryptocommunism

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1131767709

Responsibility statement

Mark Alizart ; translated by Robin Mackay

Series statement

Theory redux series

Summary

Cryptocurrencies are often associated with right-wing political movements, or even with the alt-right. They are the preserve of libertarians and fans of Ayn Rand and Friedrich Hayek. With their promotion of anonymity and individualism, there's no doubt that they seamlessly slot into the prevailing anti-State ideology. But in this book Mark Alizart argues that the significance of cryptocurrencies goes well beyond cryptoanarchism. In so far as they allow us 'to appropriate collectively the means of monetary production', to paraphrase Marx, and to replace 'the government of persons by the administration of things', as Engels advocated, they form the basis for a political regime that begins to look like a communism which has at last come to fruition - a cryptocommunism. --, Provided by publisher

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