Hyperculture, by Byung Chul-Han
Korean-German philosopher Byung Chul-Han is the quintessential postmodern figure. Having to come to Germany to study metallurgy, he switched fields and mastered the argot of German philosophy.(...)
Capitalism and the Death Drive, by Byung-Chul Han
Philosopher Byung-Chul Han is as emblematic of German cultural life as it’s possible to be. (...)
The Last Man Takes LSD, by Mitchell Dean and Daniel Zamora
For a book with LSD in the title and an image of a tab on the cover, there is remarkably little about Michel Foucault’s notorious drug experience in Death Valley.(...)
Salvador Puig Antich: Collected Writings on Repression and Resistance in Franco’s Spain
A concrete platform occupies a bend in the road in the El Roquetes neighbourhood of Barcelona. It overlooks a dusty playground and a climbing wall, and then beyond the broad sweep of the city and the azure sea.(...)
Foretelling the End of Capitalism, by Francesco Boldizzoni
Whoever said it’s easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism (Slavoj Žižek and Frederic Jameson are both blamed,) it’s a quote that has legs because it’s true.(...)
Postcapitalist Desire: The Final Lectures
It’s tragically appropriate that Mark Fisher, whose work was so deeply engaged with the idea of hauntology, about the persistence of the past, should speak to us from beyond the grave.(...)
The Gang of Four Legacy
Has there ever been a more impressive debut album than Gang of Four’s Entertainment?(...)
Theodor Adorno’s Aspects of the New Right-Wing Extremism
No experience marked the life and work of Theodor Adorno so deeply as the confrontation with National Socialism. (...)
The Battleground Fall Books List
Do you ever get the feeling that you’re living through some kind of crazy dystopian novel? (...)