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Interrogating Legacies of Industry: Industrial Ruins and the Creative Destruction of Capitalism (2018)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Sam R. Sweitz.

How do we interpret and reconcile meaning related to the creative destruction of capitalism?  That is, the basic tension that exists between the awe-inspiring power of capitalist production and the disdain inspiring proclivity for endless accumulation/consumption.  How can we rectify the many beneficial outcomes of global industrialization with the externalized costs (for some) that are now coming due (for all)?  Archaeological methodologies and theoretical models are particularly suited to...