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Against Ambition

Name: Against Ambition
Brand: Repeater
SKU: 9781915672032-PRUSDTR
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The Radical Potential of Giving Up

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208 pages • 13.0 x 19.69 x 1.57 cm

Approx. weight: 0.19 kg

Publication date: 20 May,2025

Barcode/ ISBN: 9781915672032 • Repeater

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By: Bill Peel

Explores the effect that capitalist ambition has on our psyches and societies, and what a world without ambition might look like.

Against Ambition examines the psychological and societal impact of capitalist ambition and imagines a world liberated from its pressures.

Critical Exploration of Ambition: Analyses how ambition became the dominant force shaping our lives since the 1980s, pushing us to view success as solely our responsibility—and failure as our fault.
The Cult of Capitalist Success: Bill Peel critiques how capitalism turned ambition into an endless cycle of "rise and grind," passive income pursuits, and corporate competition, pushing us into self-sacrificing, goal-oriented lives.
A Call to Reimagine Life Beyond Ambition: Argues that relentless ambition undermines collective action and turns individuals into isolated social climbers, hindering efforts to create a more equitable world.
Radical Freedom in Letting Go: Advocates for a life freed from constant self-improvement, valuing the right to "waste time" as a radical act against neoliberal values.

For readers interested in social criticism, capitalism’s influence on personal identity, or alternative views on productivity and success, Against Ambition offers a powerful challenge to the “cult of ambition.”