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General Intellects: Twenty-Five Thinkers for the Twenty-First Century

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General Intellects: Twenty-Five Thinkers for the Twenty-First Century

A guide to the thinkers and the ideas that will shape the future

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 that we no longer have such singular figures, but we do have general intellects whose writing could, if read together, explain our times. Covering topics 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 Warkâ€™s distinctive readings are appreciations, but are also critical of how neoliberal universities militate against cooperative intellectual work to understand and change the world.

The thinkers included are Amy Wendling, Kojin Karatani, Paolo Virno, Yann Moulier Boutang, Maurizio Lazzarato, Franco â€œBifoâ€ Berardi, Angela McRobbie, Paul Gilroy, Slavoj ÂŽiÂžek, Jodi Dean, Chantal Mouffe, Wendy Brown, Judith Butler, Azumo Hiroki, Paul B. PrÃ©ciado, Wendy Chun, Timothy Morton, Quentin Meillassoux, Isabelle Stengers, and Donna Haraway.
Country USA
Author McKenzie Wark
Binding Kindle Edition
EISBN 9781786631923
Format Kindle eBook
Label Verso
Manufacturer Verso
NumberOfPages 336
PublicationDate 2017-05-16
Publisher Verso
ReleaseDate 2017-05-16
Studio Verso

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