Futurability : The Age of Impotence and the Horizon of Possibility

Resumen del libro

A comprehensive philosophy of contemporary life and politics, by one of the sharpest critics of the present
We live in an age of impotence. Stuck between global war and global finance, between identity and capital, we seem to be incapable of producing the radical change that is so desperately needed. Is there still a way to disentangle ourselves from a global order that shapes our politics as well as our imagination?In his most systematic book to date, renowned Italian theorist Franco Berardi tackles this question through a solid yet visionary analysis of the three fundamental concepts of Possibility, Potency, and Power. Characterizing Possibility as the content, Potency as the energy, and Power as the form, Berardi suggests that the road to emancipation unravels from the awareness that the field of the possible is only limited, and not created, by the power structures that implement it. Other futures and other worlds are always already inscribed within the present, despite power's attempt at keeping them invisible. Overcoming any temptation of giving in to despair or nostalgia, Berardi proposes the notion of Futurability as a way to remind us that even within the darkness of our current crisis lies dormant the horizon of possibility.

Biografía del autor

Franco Berardi (Bifo) es escritor, filósofo, activista y psiconauta. Fue fundador de la histórica revista A/traverso , fanzine del movimiento creativo de 1977 en Bolonia, Italia, y promotor de la mítica Radio Alice. Es autor de numerosos ensayos sobre transformaciones del trabajo, innovación y procesos de comunicación en el capitalismo. Sus textos han sido publicados en varios países. En castellano, entre otros: La fábrica de la infelicidad: nuevas formas de trabajo y movimiento global (Traficantes de sueños, 2003; Máquina imaginativa no homologada, (Edic. de intervención cultural, 2004); El sabio, el mercader, el guerrero: del rechazo del trabajo al surgimiento del cognitariado, (Acuarela, 2007) o La sublevación (Artefakte, 2013).