LEADER 03520nam 2200541 450 001 9910725066303321 005 20230126202400.0 010 $a9781912685899$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9781912685905 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6792238 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6792238 035 $a(OCoLC)1283846411 035 $a(CKB)20094380900041 035 $a(EXLCZ)9920094380900041 100 $a20220713d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|nu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aFutilitarianism $eneoliberalism and the production of uselessness /$fNeil Vallelly 210 1$aLondon, England ;$aCambridge, Massachusetts :$cGoldsmiths Press :$cThe MIT Press,$d[2021] 210 4$dİ2021 215 $a1 online resource (148 pages) 225 1 $aGoldsmiths Press / PERC Papers 311 08$aPrint version: Vallelly, Neil Futilitarianism Cambridge : Goldsmiths, University London,c2021 9781912685905 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [185]-225) and index. 327 $aThe futilitarian condition -- The rise of Homo futilitus -- Useless responsibility -- Semio-futility and symbolic indigestion -- The politics of futility -- Futilitarianism in the age of Covid-19. 330 $a"If maximizing utility leads to the greatest happiness of the greatest number of people, as utilitarianism has always proposed, then why is it that as many of us currently maximize our utility--by working endlessly, undertaking further education and training, relentlessly marketing and selling ourselves--we are met with the steady worsening of collective social and economic conditions? In Futilitarianism, social and political theorist Neil Vallelly eloquently tells the story of how neoliberalism transformed the relationship between utility maximisation and the common good. Drawing on a vast array of contemporary examples, from self-help literature and marketing jargon to political speeches and governmental responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, Vallelly coins several terms--including "the futilitarian condition," "homo futilitus," and "semio-futility"--to demonstrate that in the neoliberal decades, the practice of utility maximisation traps us in useless and repetitive behaviors that foreclose the possibility of collective happiness. This urgent and provocative book chimes with the mood of the time by at once mapping the historical relationship between utilitarianism and capitalism, developing an original framework for understanding neoliberalism, and recounting the lived experience of uselessness in the early twenty-first century. At a time of epoch-defining disasters, from climate emergencies to deadly pandemics, countering the futility of neoliberal existence is essential to building an egalitarian, sustainable, and hopeful future" -- Publisher description. 410 0$aGoldsmiths Press / PERC Papers 606 $aSocial history$y21st century 606 $aNeoliberalism$xSocial aspects 606 $aEconomic history$y21st century 606 $aUtilitarianism 606 $aCommon good 615 0$aSocial history 615 0$aNeoliberalism$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aEconomic history 615 0$aUtilitarianism. 615 0$aCommon good. 676 $a306.3 700 $aVallelly$b Neil$01359826 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910725066303321 996 $aFutilitarianism$93374950 997 $aUNINA