English Explanatory Dictionary

capitalist realism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A short-lived German pop art movement of the 1960s.
  2. An ideological framework for viewing capitalism and its effects on politics, economics, and public thought.

Word forms

capitalist realism

Etymology

Possibly coined in 1963 when it was used as the title of an art exhibition/performance in Düsseldorf, alluding to socialist realism. The term was later reused in a political philosophy context by cultural theorist Mark Fisher.

Related words

socialist realism
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