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Work #716 · Late

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

Naomi Klein
2007 · English
Critical political-economic history · Anglo-Canadian critical political economy

Klein's 2007 foundational text — "disaster capitalism" exploits crises to impose unpopular neoliberal reforms

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Attribute The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (Late)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency None
Observer · Moral Authority Experience
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

Historical time of disaster-capitalism since 1973.

Space

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

The global political-economic space.

Matter

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

The embodied populations subjected to shock.

Observer

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

Klein as investigative journalist-political analyst.

Energy

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

Energies of disaster-capitalist shock and neoliberal reform.

Information

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

Foundational critical-neoliberal framework.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

Klein's Shock Doctrine foundational for contemporary critique of neoliberal global political economy.