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  • Utopia or Bust

    A Guide to the Present Crisis

    by Benjamin Kunkel ...
    Series series Jacobin
    After the financial crash and the great recession, the media rediscovered Karl Marx, socialist theory, and the very idea that capitalism can be questioned.But in spite of the publicity, the main paths of contemporary critical thought have gone unexploredoutside of the academy. Benjamin Kunkel’s Utopia or Bust leads readers – whether politically committed or simply curious – through the most ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Thumbelina

    The Culture and Technology of Millennials

    by Michel Serres ...
    Translated by Daniel W. Smith ...
    The title of this timely and thought-provoking book, a French bestseller, refers to schoolgirls sending text messages to their friends on their smart phones. Michel Serres, one of France's most important living intellectuals, uses this image to get at something far broader: that humans are formed and shaped by technologies, and that with the advent of computers, smart phones, and the Internet, a ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Left-Wing Melancholia

    Marxism, History, and Memory

    by Enzo Traverso ...
    Series Book 17 - New Directions in Critical Theory
    The fall of the Berlin Wall marked the end of the Cold War but also the rise of a melancholic vision of history as a series of losses. For the political left, the cause lost was communism, and this trauma determined how leftists wrote the next chapter in their political struggle and how they have thought about their past since. Throughout the twentieth century, argues Left-Wing Melancholia, from ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • The Communist Horizon

    by Jodi Dean ...
    In this new title in Verso’s Pocket Communism series, Jodi Dean unshackles the communist ideal from the failures of theSoviet Union. In an age when the malfeasance of internationalbanking has alerted exploited populations the world over to theunsustainability of an economic system predicated on perpetualgrowth, it is time the left ended its melancholic accommodationwith capitalism.In the new ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Order Without Power

    An Introduction to Anarchism: History and Current Challenges

    by Normand Baillargeon ...
    With the rise of the global protestor—from Arab Spring to the Occupy movement—the term "anarchist" has been littered throughout mainstream media as never before. But just as frequently, its definition is skewed or left wanting: anarchists are painted as nihilists, supporters of chaos, or even terrorists.In Order without Power, an informative primer, Normand Baillargeon thoroughly defines anarchism ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Badiou and His Interlocutors

    Lectures, Interviews and Responses

    by Alain Badiou ...
    This is a unique collection presenting work by Alain Badiou and commentaries on his philosophical theories. It includes three lectures by Badiou, on contemporary politics, the infinite, cinema and theatre and two extensive interviews with Badiou – one concerning the state of the contemporary situation and one wide ranging interview on all facets of his work and engagements. It also includes six ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • The Subject of Rosi Braidotti

    Politics and Concepts

    Edited by Bolette Blaagaard, Iris van der Tuin ...
    The Subject of Rosi Braidotti: Politics and Concepts brings into focus the diverse influence of the work of Rosi Braidotti on academic fields in the humanities and the social sciences such as the study and scholarship in - among others - feminist theory, political theory, continental philosophy, philosophy of science and technology, cultural studies, ethnicity and race studies.Inspired by ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Psychoanalytic Film Theory and The Rules of the Game

    by Professor Todd McGowan ...
    Series series Film Theory in Practice
    The Film Theory in Practice Series fills a gaping hole in the world of film theory. By marrying the explanation of film theory with interpretation of a film, the volumes provide discrete examples of how film theory can serve as the basis for textual analysis. The first book in the series, Psychoanalytic Film Theory and The Rules of the Game, offers a concise introduction to psychoanalytic film ... Read more

    $28.19 USD

  • Literary Theory For Beginners

    by Mary Klages ...
    Series series For Beginners
    Have you heard the terms structuralism and deconstruction and postmodernism but aren’t really sure what they mean? Have you taken a whole course on literary criticism but are still feeling lost? Here’s the book you need to sort it all out—and enjoy doing so!In Literary Theory For Beginners, Mary Klages takes you into her classroom, cuts through the jargon, and explains the ABCs (and the DEFs as ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

  • Recognition or Disagreement

    A Critical Encounter on the Politics of Freedom, Equality, and Identity

    by Axel Honneth, Jacques Rancière ...
    Series Book 30 - New Directions in Critical Theory
    Axel Honneth is best known for his critique of modern society centered on a concept of recognition. Jacques Rancière has advanced an influential theory of modern politics based on disagreement. Underpinning their thought is a concern for the logics of exclusion and domination that structure contemporary societies. In a rare dialogue, these two philosophers explore the affinities and tensions ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Walking Inside Out

    Contemporary British Psychogeography

    Edited by Tina Richardson ...
    Series series Place, Memory, Affect
    Walking Inside Out is the first text that attempts to merge the work of literary and artist practitioners with academics to critically explore the state of psychogeography today. The collection explores contemporary psychogeographical practices, shows how a critical form of walking can highlight easily overlooked urban phenomenon, and examines the impact that everyday life in the city has on the ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Decolonizing Democracy

    Power in a Solid State

    by Ricardo Sanín-Restrepo ...
    Series series Global Critical Caribbean Thought
    Democracy is the apparent motor of globalization, binding together ideas and institutions such as citizenship, human rights, race, the free market, multiculturalism, development, politics and the economy. This book looks to overturn this dogma and demonstrate that ‘liberal’ democracy in fact encrypts and naturalizes the horrors of capitalism and of coloniality, while denying true or radical ... Read more

    $48.59 USD