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The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism Hardcover – September 18, 2007
Naomi Klein
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PublisherMetropolitan Books
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Publication dateSeptember 18, 2007
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Dimensions6.1 x 1.7 x 9.4 inches
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ISBN-100805079831
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ISBN-13978-0805079838
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"At the most chaotic juncture in Iraq'' civil war, a new law is unveiled that will allow Shell and BP to claim the country's vast oil reserves Immediately following September 11, the Bush Administration quietly outsources the running of the 'War on Terror' to Halliburton and Blackwater After a tsunami wipes out the coasts of Southeast Asia, the pristine beaches are auctioned off to tourist resorts New Orleans residents, scattered from Hurricane Katrina, discover that their public housing, hospitals and schools will never be re-opened." Klein not only kicks butt, she names names, notably economist Milton Friedman and his radical Chicago School of the 1950s and 60s which she notes "produced many of the leading neo-conservative and neo-liberal thinkers whose influence is still profound in Washington today." Stand up and take a bow, Donald Rumsfeld.
There's little doubt Klein's book--which arrived to enormous attention and fanfare thanks to her previous missive, the best-selling No Logo, will stir the ire of the right and corporate America. It's also true that Klein's assertions are coherent, comprehensively researched and footnoted, and she makes a very credible case. Even if the world isn't going to hell in a hand-basket just yet, it's nice to know a sharp customer like Klein is bearing witness to the backroom machinations of government and industry in times of turmoil. --Kim Hughes
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"Naomi Klein is . . . a muckraker who digs in where others accept the surface. I love her stuff." -- Studs Terkel, historian and author of Working
"Naomi Klein's exposé of neo-liberal economics is certain to be sensational. Hers is a long-needed analysis..." -- Chalmers Johnson, author of the Blowback Trilogy
"This beautifully written, very readable book will change the disgusting history it so calmly chronicles." -- Peter Carey, author of Oscar and Lucinda and Theft: A Love Story
"This masterful book is a measured but furious call to arms.... A spectacular triumph." -- John Cusack, actor/filmmaker
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About the Author
Naomi Klein is the award-winning author of the acclaimed international bestseller No Logo, which The Literary Review of Canada named one of the hundred most important Canadian books ever published. She is also the author of the essay collection Fences and Windows. With Avi Lewis, she co-created the documentary film The Take, which was an Official Selection of the Venice Biennale and won the Best Documentary Jury Prize at the American Film Institute's Film Festival in Los Angeles. She is a contributing editor for Harper's, a reporter for Rolling Stone, and writes a regular, internationally syndicated column. She has won the James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism. She is a former Miliband Fellow at the London School of Economics and holds an honorary Doctor of Civil Laws from the University of King's College, Nova Scotia. Born in Montreal, she now lives in Toronto.
Product details
- Publisher : Metropolitan Books; 1st edition (September 18, 2007)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 576 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0805079831
- ISBN-13 : 978-0805079838
- Item Weight : 2.1 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.1 x 1.7 x 9.4 inches
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As a person considering myself progressive, I have tried in recent years to get to better understand what goes on beneath the apparent destructive trends in our social and political policies. I have realized that I and many of us, have been naive, preaching and repeating, demonstrating but with little or not enough, understanding of the dynamics that are pulling on all of us, and often pulling us down.
As a psychotherapist I have been concentrating on the inner dynamics keeping us addicted, just about, to blame and denial. This book, I have to say, blew me out of the water. It is so smart, so thorough and so clear--even if the concepts and facts are making me toss and turn and get upset and have to reread. Meanwhile I have been reading This Changes Everything and No is Not Enough. They are extremely worthy and important, very important in their own right, but I keep coming back to just how urgent the concepts in The Shock Doctrine are.
I will do my part and re-read, so as to re-absorbe. This is the stuff we need to be aware of and current on, and have on our lips, in our minds, our hearts, and in the urgent discussions we can only have as we get more aware of what the ? is really going on in a world that often provokes us to be scattered, confused, polarized and even despairing.
Oh yes, here too an important addendum is that this book does not leave the reader in a dark space without hope. But please read it to see where Naomi Klein winds up, as she helps us to see where clarity could yield something deeply and dramatically positive.
The Shock Doctrine is shocking. I think this was the aim of the author, starting from a high "C" or by describing interrogation techniques, including torture, in the first part. Disaster makes the opportunity for profit. In these few words can be summarized as six hundred pages book that touches the problems of social injustice and corporate greed over the years 1973-2007, including Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, China, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, USA.
Naomi's views are clearly defined: anti-globalization, anti-war, anti-capitalism, environmentalism. (The influence of family ?; see Wikipedia). It is hard to expect that the contents of the book differed from the author's worldview.
For neoliberalism Naomi replies shocking content. I learned a lot from this book. Worth reading The Shock Doctrine, even if the content contained in the book is filtered through the views of Naomi Klein.
We were born in the same year, in different countries, but divide us experience and look at the reality. The world is not one-dimensional, and corporate greed is embedded in our biological nature. Alternative? Judging by the last, summarizing chapter probably Naomi itself does not have an explicit opinion on how to alleviate the symptoms of the free market. Communism died, socialism is expensive and creates parasites (see Hugo Chavez), capitalism without a bridle causing barbarism, democracy promotes crooks and populists. What is the solution Naomi?
Naomi Kline paints a picture of how the corporate world, neoliberal economists, and polticians worked to take advantage of communities and countries in shock because of some calamity—political, economic, and natural. They move in and inact free-trade, drastric cuts in govenrment, reduced taxes (for the rich), dump price controls, and deregulation. These changes benefit no one except the rich, the poltical leaders, and foreign corporations, who are aften one and the same. The poor in these places go from worse to worser.
The book begins with shock treatment experiments funded by the CIA with possible applications to interagation. The idea was to wipe a person brain clean. They also developed sensory deprivation, and thus acting together to destroy the self to be built anew. The next preliminary topic is the Chicago School Economics led by Milton Freedman at the University of Chicago which developed neoliberalism, which to me is a misnomer, seeing how it is a very conservative doctrine.
The book, then moves on to the historical picture to see how these ideas were practice in the real world outside of the academy. South America is presented with the shock of political upheaval, starting with Chile. Also in South America, it discusses the debt crisises that occurred following the ouster of strong arm governments. It covers Poland, Russia, and South Africa with their peaceful transfer of power with the economic shift inserted in with little notice, putting the poor in dire straits. It also goes into United States' shocks. One is the Iraq war after 9/11 and the privatization of war. Privatization is also shown to be at work in the hurricane Katrina disaster to the detriment of the New Orleans poor. Coverage is given to the Asian Tiger's financial currency debacle and the recovery from the Tsunami that hit many coastal areas in the Indian ocean basin in 2004.
In the last section, Kline does hold out some hopefulness, as she describes people's efforts in recent years to counter the neoliberals and corporatists to take over of many country's economies.
I recommend this book, especially for those who have a concern for the poor. It should be of interest to others interested in how modern economic theory affects the world.with the economic shift inserted in with little notice, putting the poor in dire straits. It also goes into United States' shocks. One is the Iraq war after 9/11 and the privatization of war. Privatization is also shown to be at work in the hurricane Katrina disaster to the detriment of the New Orleans poor. Coverage is given to the Asian Tiger's financial currency debacle and the recovery from the Tsunami that hit many coastal areas in the Indian ocean basin in 2004.
In the last section, Kline does hold out some hopefulness, as she describes people's efforts in recent years to counter the neoliberals and corporatists to take over of many country's economies.
I recommend this book, especially for those who have a concern for the poor. It should be of interest to others interested in how modern economic theory affects the world.
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I checked online for criticism of this work and it was quite telling to see that;
1) there is not many negative reviews,
2) those that exist tend to be either very non-specific and defamatory OR pick up on a single issue they disagree with - let's face it, in a book of this size covering so much ground, would it be humanly possible to not make a single mistake? So although I am not in a position to know if Naomi or her critiques are correct on those few specific points, it doesn't really detract (imo) from 95% of the book content and message.
Overall the message is very sobering but I literally do feel this book has changed the way I see and hear the news . I am also struggling to know what to do with the burden of sobering new (for me) knowledge.
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I read the first 100 pages but then gave up. It is a little too political for me and too be honest too long!! 500 pages is a considerable amount to sit through unless a book is really exceptional!
There wasn't neccissarily anything wrong with the book, perhaps it is just not my area of interest, it just didn't hold me enough to continue. If you're into politics the is a very persuasive read and well written. Hence the4 star rating.
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Can't rate this too highly as a watertight argument against disaster capitalism and the misery it is wreaking on the planet, its flora and fauna - including us.