State of Insecurity: Government of the Precarious
- 236 pages
- 9 hours of reading
Charting the emergence of a new and disobedient self-government of the precarious.
Futures Series
This series delves into the depths of the future, exploring the intricate connections between technological advancement, societal shifts, and the human condition. Each narrative unveils new worlds and potential trajectories for our civilization. It's a contemplation of how humanity adapts to radical transformations and what that means for our identity and freedom. This collection challenges readers to reflect on our current path and where it might lead.
Recommended Reading Order
The Future
- 106 pages
- 4 hours of reading
For Marc Augé, best-selling author of Non-Places, the prevailing idea of “the Future” rests on our present fears of the contemporary world. It is to the future that we look for redemption and progress; but it is also where we project our personal and apocalyptic anxieties. By questioning notions of certainty, truth, and totality, Augé finds ways to separate the future from our eternal, terrified present and liberates the mind to allow it to conceptualize our possible futures afresh.
Heroes
- 224 pages
- 8 hours of reading
What is the relationship between capitalism and mental health? In his most unsettling book to date, Franco “Bifo” Berardi embarks on an exhilarating journey through philosophy, psychoanalysis and current events, searching for the social roots of the mental malaise of our age. Spanning an array of horrors – the Aurora “Joker” killer; Anders Breivik; American school massacres; the suicide epidemic in Korea and Japan; and the recent spate of “austerity” suicides in Europe – Heroes dares to explore the darkest shadow cast by the contemporary obsession with relentless competition and hyper-connectivity. In a volume that crowns four decades of radical intellectual work, Berardi develops the psychoanalytical insights of his friend Félix Guattari and proposes dystopian irony as a strategy to disentangle ourselves from the deadly embrace of absolute capitalism.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Psychopolitics: Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power
- 96 pages
- 4 hours of reading