Utopian science fictions legitimising our current dystopia, Yanis Varoufakis

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Utopian science fictions legitimising our current dystopia – 2019 Taylor Lecture, Oxford Universityby webmaster YanisVaroufakis


The Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, Oxford University, kindly invited me to deliver the 2019 Taylor Lecture on 12th February 2019. I chose the topic of Realistic Utopias versus Dystopic Realities - my aim being to highlight the manner in which really-existing capitalism is marketed as a utopian science fiction that has nothing to do with... really-existing capitalism. Behind this elegant utopian mathematical the powers-that-be hide a dismal dystopia that is failing humanity in a variety of ways. Plato, King Lear, Coriolanus and the Borg Queen make cameo appearances...