Against Ambition
The Radical Potential of Giving Up
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2025
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New edition
Repeater Books (Verlag)
9781915672032 (ISBN)
Repeater Books (Verlag)
9781915672032 (ISBN)
Explores the effect that capitalist ambition has on our psyches and societies, and what a world without
ambition might look like.
Against Ambition examines
the psychological and societal impact of capitalist ambition and imagines a
world liberated from its pressures.
- Critical Exploration of Ambition: Analyses
how ambition became the dominant force shaping our lives since the 1980s,
pushing us to view success as solely our responsibility—and failure as our
fault.
- The Cult of Capitalist Success: Bill Peel
critiques how capitalism turned ambition into an endless cycle of "rise
and grind," passive income pursuits, and corporate competition, pushing us
into self-sacrificing, goal-oriented lives.
- A Call to Reimagine Life Beyond Ambition:
Argues that relentless ambition undermines collective action and turns
individuals into isolated social climbers, hindering efforts to create a more
equitable world.
- Radical Freedom in Letting Go: Advocates for
a life freed from constant self-improvement, valuing the right to "waste
time" as a radical act against neoliberal values.
For
readers interested in social criticism, capitalism’s influence on personal
identity, or alternative views on productivity and success, Against Ambition
offers a powerful challenge to the “cult of ambition.”
ambition might look like.
Against Ambition examines
the psychological and societal impact of capitalist ambition and imagines a
world liberated from its pressures.
- Critical Exploration of Ambition: Analyses
how ambition became the dominant force shaping our lives since the 1980s,
pushing us to view success as solely our responsibility—and failure as our
fault.
- The Cult of Capitalist Success: Bill Peel
critiques how capitalism turned ambition into an endless cycle of "rise
and grind," passive income pursuits, and corporate competition, pushing us
into self-sacrificing, goal-oriented lives.
- A Call to Reimagine Life Beyond Ambition:
Argues that relentless ambition undermines collective action and turns
individuals into isolated social climbers, hindering efforts to create a more
equitable world.
- Radical Freedom in Letting Go: Advocates for
a life freed from constant self-improvement, valuing the right to "waste
time" as a radical act against neoliberal values.
For
readers interested in social criticism, capitalism’s influence on personal
identity, or alternative views on productivity and success, Against Ambition
offers a powerful challenge to the “cult of ambition.”
Bill Peel is writer from regional New South Wales, Australia. His debut book Tonight It’s a World We Bury: Black Metal, Red Politics was published in 2023. His other writing has appeared in Astral Noize, Jacobin, and Overland, but he spends more time doing nothing of note.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 09.05.2025 |
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 130 x 197 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Familien- / Systemische Therapie | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781915672032 / 9781915672032 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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