For the University Library and the Rotterdamsch Leeskabinet, Berrie Vugts talked to Willem Schinkel about his book 'The hoarder: critique of logistic capitalism'. On the (un)tenability of our system in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.
During pandemics, storms and other crises, supermarket shelves can suddenly be empty: people are hoarding. Should we condemn the hoarding, or can the hoarder's panic buying teach us something about so-called logistic capitalism?
Watch this compelling conversation on our Youtube-channel. Dutch audio with English subtitles.