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The occasional burst of insight or powerful restatement of a position which I usually already held was thoroughly mired in masturbatory academia, incessant paraphrasing or quoting of the work of Zizek & the others on whose shoulders this book stands, and most distractingly just interminable pop culture references.
Example of the opening of a chapter:
> Nothing could be a clearer illustration of what Zizek has identified as the failure of the Father function, the crisis of the paternal superego in late capitalism, than a typical edition of Supernanny. The program offers what amounts to a relentless, although of course implicit, attack on postmodernity's permissive hedonism. Supernanny is a Spinozist insofar as, like Spinoza, she takes it for granted that children are in a state of abjection.
I've really struggled with how to rate this as there are the occasional redeeming phrases and ideas, but they are thoroughly crowded out by... Well, the sort of language above.
Clearly I am in the minority from the esteem this book holds, but I really think that despite agreeing on some fundamental principles, a higher rating would not reflect the frustrations I had with the book itself.
Example of the opening of a chapter:
> Nothing could be a clearer illustration of what Zizek has identified as the failure of the Father function, the crisis of the paternal superego in late capitalism, than a typical edition of Supernanny. The program offers what amounts to a relentless, although of course implicit, attack on postmodernity's permissive hedonism. Supernanny is a Spinozist insofar as, like Spinoza, she takes it for granted that children are in a state of abjection.
I've really struggled with how to rate this as there are the occasional redeeming phrases and ideas, but they are thoroughly crowded out by... Well, the sort of language above.
Clearly I am in the minority from the esteem this book holds, but I really think that despite agreeing on some fundamental principles, a higher rating would not reflect the frustrations I had with the book itself.
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bleak bleak bleak. so engaging and well written. love all the examples from movies and uk politics it made it very easy to follow. luv u mark fisher based asf
An extraordinary apprehension of some of the gravest, most insidious ways in which late capitalism manifests, particularly in regard to mental health.
Throughout this piece, Fisher recontextualises film scenes as thought experiments to demonstrate the arguments he propounds, achieving intellectual and visceral clarity. Fisher succinctly consolidates myriad revelatory insights from some of the greatest thinkers of the last 200 years, effortlessly tying them into his diagnosis.
Ultimately one of the most illuminating unmaskings of capitalism in its current form, the ramifications thereof, and a glimpse at how we might begin to overcome it.
Vale Mark Fisher
Throughout this piece, Fisher recontextualises film scenes as thought experiments to demonstrate the arguments he propounds, achieving intellectual and visceral clarity. Fisher succinctly consolidates myriad revelatory insights from some of the greatest thinkers of the last 200 years, effortlessly tying them into his diagnosis.
Ultimately one of the most illuminating unmaskings of capitalism in its current form, the ramifications thereof, and a glimpse at how we might begin to overcome it.
Vale Mark Fisher
Someone gave this an “ableism” content warning. Probably because they’re [redacted]!
Content Warnings
There is no ableism in this book