Capitalism and the Death Drive

Capitalism and the Death DriveWhat we call growth today is in fact a tumorous growth, a cancerous proliferation which is disrupting the social organism. These tumours endlessly metastasize and grow with an inexplicable, deadly vitality. At a certain point this growth is no longer productive, but rather destructive. Capitalism passed this point long ago. Its destructive forces cause not only ecological and social catastrophes but also mental collapse. The destructive compulsion to

How Music Works is David Byrne’s buoyant celebration of a subject he has spent a lifetime thinking about

including the Baileys Prize for Women's Fiction

and his treatise on metaphysics

drawing together stories from the histories of art and humanity to illuminate the meanings it has been given over the eras and around the globe

and the redemptive power of storytelling

Written when the speaker

and the silly German schlager

and the other featuring Baker and actors Yura Borisov

lovingly and idiosyncratically enacted by Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek

Keegan's new story asks if a lack of generosity might ruin what could be between men and women

yet confidently asserted herself as the voice of a generation with her full-length debut

' - John Kampfner