ABSOLUTE CAPITAL
Abstract
A new book published by the Institute for Political Studies entitled “Apsolutnost kapitala” (“Absolute Capital”), the second amended and supplemented edition is in front of you. The author of the monograph is Vesna Stanković Pejnović accepted a research subject that is as demanding as it is essential: the end of the Enlightenment in the era of the absoluteness of capital, manipulation in the service of capital and the impossibility of a spiritual revolution.
From the age of industrialization, we are entering the age of robotization, in which people increasingly resemble zombies. Their minds are lost, they lack spirit, culture, dynamism, intuition and self-esteem. Mediocrity wins in politics, just as it does in science, literature and religion. The higher the level of development of humanity, the greater the chances of its collapse because capital rules all social spheres. There is an increasingly present phenomenon of awe towards institutions of power, whether social or political, and fear as a public articulation of views contrary to the ruling opinion.
“The political elite” no longer decide on anything, but simply implement the directives they receive from the outside, whether they are directives from the World Bank, the EU, the World Trade Organization, international banks, insurance companies, or companies that completely dominate the domain of the national economy because they are they are literally the owners of that national economy.
Since the beginning of the bourgeois society of the West, the natural language has gradually been replaced by an artificial one, created on purpose. Through manipulation, politics and economics make life bearable and direct the public in a direction that is beneficial to the institutions of power. People in multitudes lose their inhibitions and moral standards and become susceptible to emotions. Since politics is based on illusions and lies, it is interesting and important to point out that bigger lies lead to greater belief and acceptance.
The style of the author of the monograph is excellent, clear and eloquent, marked by high consistency, and her content-wise complex thought is accessible not only to a philosophical and specialist audience, but also to wider circles of the public, to all those who want to know what our epoch is really about. In conclusion, this is a book that has a strong enlightening power.
