Cannibal Capitalism

Monday, November 21, 2022 - 1:00pm
CST
Nancy Frazer

Capital is currently cannibalizing every sphere of life–guzzling wealth from nature and racialized populations, sucking up our ability to care for each other, and gutting the practice of politics. In this tightly argued and urgent volume, leading Marxist feminist theorist Nancy Fraser charts the voracious appetite of capital, tracking it from crisis point to crisis point, from ecological devastation to the collapse of democracy, from racial violence to the devaluing of care work. These crisis points all come to a head in Covid-19, which Fraser argues can help us envision the resistance we need to end the feeding frenzy.

"Cannibal Capitalism: How Our System is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet and What We Can Do About It” is Nancy Frazer’s newest book. She has also published “The Old is Dying and the New Cannot be Born,” “Redistribution or Reconstruction?: A Political-Philosophical Exchange,” “Scales of Justice: Reimagining Political Space in a Globalizing World,” “Justice Interruptus: Critical Reflections on the "Postsocialist" Condition,” and “Capitalism: A Conversation in Critical Theory.”

Upcoming Events

Wednesday, October 22, 2025 - 12:00pm
CST
Organized by The Reentry Resource Program

You are invited to join a discussion with filmmaker Santiago Esteinou and Cesar Fierro about the new documentaryThe Freedom of Fierro.

César Fierro has just become a free man, and he needs to rebuild his life after being wrongly sentenced to death in Texas. César spent 40 years in prison before being released... Read more

Monday, November 3, 2025 - 1:30pm
CST
Joe Belden
Location:
La Biblioteca, Sala Quezal, Insurgentes 25, Centro, San Miguel de Allende
This mostly forgotten war led to Mexico losing over half its territory and the United States expanding to the Pacific. The lecture examines the political and economic background of the conflict, what led to it, and the roles of such factors as Texas annexation in 1845, slavery, racism, the Democratic and Whig parties, and Manifest... Read more