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  • The Cultural Turn

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    The Cultural Turn
    Selected Writings on the Postmodern, 1983–1998
    Fredric Jameson

    A convenient introduction to Jameson’s key writings on postmodernism.

    No one would contest that Fredric Jameson, one of the leading Marxist critics in the English-speaking world, has had an immense impact on the way we now understand the phenomenon of postmodernism. His classic work, Postmodernism, or The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism, has been widely acclaimed as the seminal analysis of postmodernity from a cultural, philosophical and historical perspective.

    Jameson’s reflections have become an essential reference-point for all those attempting to engage with postmodernism. However, until now his key writings on postmodernism have been unavailable in an easily accessible and affordable form. This book, designed as a short and convenient introduction to Jameson’s thought for both the student and the general reader, meets this need. Jameson on Postmodernism includes:

    * “Postmodernism and Consumer Society,” Jameson’s classic analysis of postmodernity
    * “Marxism and Postmodernism,” in which Jameson responds to his critics
    * “Theories of the Postmodern,” his survey of alternative approaches
    * “The Antinomies of Postmodernity,” an extract from his recently published work,...

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  • The Strategy of Deception

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    The Strategy of Deception
    Paul Virilio
    Written with his characteristic flair, Virillo’s latest book is a trenchant denunciation of the Kosovo war in which he successfully unites theory with a riveting study of the conflict. Tearing aside the veil of hypocrisy in which the USA and its allies wrapped the war, Virillo demonstrates that the nature of the bombing was set by strategic rather than ethical considerations.

    Beneath the humanitarian rhetoric, Virillo sees a sinister innovation in the methods of waging war: territorial space is being replaced by orbital space in which a system of global telesurveillance is linked to the destructive power of bombers and missiles. Governments, the military and the media are becoming part of a seamless and self-justifying process linked by new information and arms technologies.

    Passionate and political, Strategy of Deception is a vital examination not only of the war in Yugoslavia but also what Virillo calls our “fin-de-siécle infantilization” in which the reality of battle is reduced to flickering images on a screen....

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  • Precarious Reader

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    Precarious Reader
    Texts on the Politics of Precarious Labour
    Edited by Mute Magazine

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  • Wings of Detriment

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    Wings of Detriment
    Poetry by R. Loren

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  • Storm from the Mountain

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    Storm from the Mountain
    The Zapatistas Take Mexico City
    Big Noise Films

    Storm from the Mountainis a beautiful and empowering video documenting the historic three weeks in Mexico from Feb 24 to March 11, 2001. Originally satellitecast nationally on Free Speech TV March 14, the video follows the Zapatista caravan as it journeyed through 12 Mexican states visiting indigenous communities, eventually arriving in Mexico City to be greeted by over 300,000 people.

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  • Alexandria, #4

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    Alexandria, #4
    Cosmology, Philosophy, Myth and Culture
    Edited by Dvid Fideler

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