{"product_id":"9780262056045","title":"The Player and the Played: From Gamed Capitalism to 21st-Century Fascism","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eHaiven, Max\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eA provocative examination of the ways our economy has been rigged by financialization, and the importance of games to our dangerous political moment.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn an age when capitalism feels like an unwinnable game, extreme reactionary ideas and politics are on the rise. \u003ci\u003eThe Hunger Games, Game of Thrones, Squid Game \u003c\/i\u003eand much of reality TV are cultural reflections of a society of relentless, lonely competition, where each of us must become a \u003ci\u003eplayer\u003c\/i\u003e: a savvy risk-taker, a miniature corporation of one. But in a gamed economy we players feel \u003ci\u003eplayed\u003c\/i\u003e, and new forms of fascism promise harsh justice and revenge.  This book theorizes the connections between the financialization of the capitalist economy, the gamification of our lives, and the rising threat of a uniquely twenty-first century form of fascistic politics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom vicious online swarmings to the QAnon conspiracy fantasy, from the siege of the US Capitol to the abuse of “free speech,” \u003ci\u003eThe Player and the Played\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes the “playgrom” as a new form of extremist violence. Max Haiven explores how “derivative fascisms” both repeat and reinvent the terrors of the past in a financialized form. How have we learned to love the cheats who have power but loathe the cheats without it? It unpacks the worldbuilding (and world-destroying) urge of Silicon Valley.  And it poses the urgent question: what is the antifascist game?","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48131794960639,"sku":"9780262056045","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780262056045_s600x595.jpg?v=1780335936","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9780262056045","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}