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ajmcwhinney's review
4.0
Excellent preparation of these lectures, from the introduction to the footnotes to the transcripts themselves. You really do feel like you're in the classroom where these lectures took place.
It's really sad to know that only 5 out of the total 15 planned lectures were able to go through, but it's also amazing to see in the appendices how students and colleagues of Fisher took up the texts and ideas of the course and carried them forward.
It's really sad to know that only 5 out of the total 15 planned lectures were able to go through, but it's also amazing to see in the appendices how students and colleagues of Fisher took up the texts and ideas of the course and carried them forward.
seppeds's review
Bijzondere laatste lessenreeks van Fisher in transcripties. Een eerste confrontatie met zijn teksten.
Geeft een verfrissend beeld van waar Fisher mee bezig was. De vraag naar mogelijkheden van een potentieel systeem na kapitalisme, mogelijkheden van links-accelerationisme, en de opvallende verknopingen met verlangen en kapitaal.
Het zijn lezingen in transcriptie, duidelijk met geëngageerde studenten wiens inbreng ertoe doen. Steeds worden teksten gelezen en besproken zoals Libidinale Economie van Lyotard en Eros en Beschaving van Marcuse. Freudiaanse ideeën van verlangen worden daar steeds gekoppeld met (neo-)marxistische opvattingen over kapitaal. Deze thema's zijn ook zaak in het hypothetische post-kapitalisme.
Ben verwonderd hoe Fisher en collega's verder het gedachtengoed van postmodernistische filosofen transformeren naar een invulling in de 21ste eeuw, en ook hoe dit verder zal evolueren binnen cultuurkritiek.
Geeft een verfrissend beeld van waar Fisher mee bezig was. De vraag naar mogelijkheden van een potentieel systeem na kapitalisme, mogelijkheden van links-accelerationisme, en de opvallende verknopingen met verlangen en kapitaal.
Het zijn lezingen in transcriptie, duidelijk met geëngageerde studenten wiens inbreng ertoe doen. Steeds worden teksten gelezen en besproken zoals Libidinale Economie van Lyotard en Eros en Beschaving van Marcuse. Freudiaanse ideeën van verlangen worden daar steeds gekoppeld met (neo-)marxistische opvattingen over kapitaal. Deze thema's zijn ook zaak in het hypothetische post-kapitalisme.
Ben verwonderd hoe Fisher en collega's verder het gedachtengoed van postmodernistische filosofen transformeren naar een invulling in de 21ste eeuw, en ook hoe dit verder zal evolueren binnen cultuurkritiek.
forest_of_ravens's review against another edition
challenging
funny
informative
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
galaheadh's review against another edition
haven't read anything like this since uni over 10 years ago, found it online and printed it out (4 pages to a page) to read it properly - good exercise for the brain and some interesting concepts raised
poopdealer's review
4.0
although this is possibly the least essential of fisher's work, i really enjoyed it and got a lot out of it (in terms of 'literary' merit it's maybe closer 2 stars). it's more scattered and sloppy than his writing but the classroom setting and its fluid nature was a good way for me to synthesize some of the shakier concepts of his which i was familiar with.
this really did a great job to put you in the lecture space to the point that i (somehow) found it much more intimate than actually watching or listening to one. mark is very straightforward and engaging as a lecturer and it was sweet to see how comfortable he was in these. constantly cracking jokes and less fear of digression, it feels like he is completely in his element here. even the inclusion of interruptions and how he dealt with them helps illustrate this and i liked seeing how they affected his flow of thought in general. i especially loved how much the students challenged him and how generous he was in his response. even at their most off-base, their questions were great. i think that the quality of discussion brought on by the students' questions was essential for my enjoyment of this text.
the weakest lecture for me was the fourth. i found the less 'practical' chapters focused more on theory lent themselves better to this form for me. also, despite it being more casual, i would not recommend this book to anyone unfamiliar with his typical writing.
the more casual / lighthearted nature of the classroom was a good change of pace from his typical work for me as well as this being a somewhat more forward-thinking project and less of his normal negative critique that leaves you hopeless. it helped bind the miscellaneous fragments of mark's thought for me while giving more insight into influences and connections i would have missed otherwise.
this really did a great job to put you in the lecture space to the point that i (somehow) found it much more intimate than actually watching or listening to one. mark is very straightforward and engaging as a lecturer and it was sweet to see how comfortable he was in these. constantly cracking jokes and less fear of digression, it feels like he is completely in his element here. even the inclusion of interruptions and how he dealt with them helps illustrate this and i liked seeing how they affected his flow of thought in general. i especially loved how much the students challenged him and how generous he was in his response. even at their most off-base, their questions were great. i think that the quality of discussion brought on by the students' questions was essential for my enjoyment of this text.
the weakest lecture for me was the fourth. i found the less 'practical' chapters focused more on theory lent themselves better to this form for me. also, despite it being more casual, i would not recommend this book to anyone unfamiliar with his typical writing.
the more casual / lighthearted nature of the classroom was a good change of pace from his typical work for me as well as this being a somewhat more forward-thinking project and less of his normal negative critique that leaves you hopeless. it helped bind the miscellaneous fragments of mark's thought for me while giving more insight into influences and connections i would have missed otherwise.
pioohw's review against another edition
Very complicated and hard to follow
Maybe later
Maybe later