General intellects : twenty-one thinkers for the twenty-first century / McKenzie Wark.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wark, McKenzie, 1961- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intellectuals--History--21st century.

Intellectuals.

Philosophy--History--21st century.

Philosophy.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 325 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Verso Books, 2017.

Summary:

What happened to the public intellectuals that used to challenge and inform us? Who is the Sartre or De Beauvoir of the internet age? General Intellects argues we no longer have such singular figures, but there are, instead, general intellects whose writing could, if read collectively, explain our times. Covering topic such as culture, politics, work, technology, and the Anthropocene, each chapter is a concise account of an individual thinker, providing useful context and connections to the work of the others. McKenzie Wark's distinctive readings are appreciations, but are nonetheless critical of how neoliberal universities militate against cooperative intellectual work that endeavors to understand and also change the world. The thinkers included are Amy Wendling, Kojin Karatani, Paolo Virno, Yann Moulier Boutang, Maurizio Lazzarato, Franco "Bifo" Berardi, Angela McRobbie, Paul Gilroy, Slavoj Zizek, Jodi Dean, Chantal Mouffe, Wendy Brown, Judith Butler, Hiroki Azuma, Paul B. Préciado, Wendy Chun, Alexander Galloway, Timothy Morton, Quentin Meillassoux, Isabelle Stengers, and Donna Haraway. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Marx's Metaphysics and Meatphysics / Amy Wendling Wendling, Amy 15

2 Structure of the World / Kojin Karatani Karatani, Kojin 31

3 Grammars and Multitudes / Paolo Virno Virno, Paolo 51

4 Cognitive Capitalism / Yarm Moulier Boutang Boutang, Yarm Moulier 65

5 Machinic Enslavement / Maurizio Lazzarato Lazzarato, Maurizio 77

6 Soul as Commodity / Franco "Bifo" Berardi Berardi, Franco "Bifo" 93

7 Crafting Precarity / Angela McRobbie McRobbie, Angela 104

8 The Persistence of Race / Paul Gilroy Gilroy, Paul 118

9 Absolute Recoil / Slavoj Zizek Zizek, Slavoj 128

10 Decline in Symbolic Efficiency / Jodi Dean Dean, Jodi 145

11 Democracy Versus Liberalism / Chantal Mouffe Mouffe, Chantal 159

12 Against Neoliberalism / Wendy Brown Brown, Wendy 172

13 Bodies on the Line / Judith Butler Butler, Judith 190

14 Otaku Philosophy / Hiroki Azuma Azuma, Hiroki 204

15 The Pharmo-Porno Body Politic / Paul B. Préciado Préciado, Paul B. 219

16 Programming Politics / Wendy Chun Chun, Wendy 234

17 The Intraface / Alexander Galloway Galloway, Alexander 251

18 From OOO to P(OO) / Timothy Morton Morton, Timothy 269

19 The Spectacle of the Absolute / Quentin Meillassoux Meillassoux, Quentin 286

20 Gaia Intruding / Isabelle Stengers Stengers, Isabelle 298

21 The Inhuman Comedy / Donna Haraway Haraway, Donna 311.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781786631909

1786631903

OCLC:

974566755