Heroes: Mass Murder and Suicide (Futures)

Heroes: Mass Murder and Suicide (Futures)

What is the relationship between capitalism and mental health? In his most unsettling book to date, Franco â‚¬Å“Bifoâ‚¬Â 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 â‚¬â€œ the Aurora â‚¬Å“Jokerâ‚¬Â killer; Anders Breivik; American school massacres; the suicide epidemic in Korea and Japan; and the recent spate of â‚¬Å“austerityâ‚¬Â suicides in Europe â‚¬â€œ 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 FÂ©lix Guattari and proposes dystopian irony as a strategy to disentangle ourselves from the deadly embrace of absolute capitalism.
Country USA
Brand Verso
Manufacturer Verso
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 43171-557523
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2015-02-03
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781781685785