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A review by dannymason_1
K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished Writings of Mark Fisher by Mark Fisher
4.0
I've finally finished it! It's gonna feel strange not having Mark Fisher as a companion anymore after reading so much of his work over the last few months. It's been a great experience and it's really changed my thinking on a number of topics in pretty huge ways, as well as giving me a vocabulary to talk about a lot of what was already whirring around in my head.
This collection itself is great, it's obviously uneven due to its length and not all the essays are necessarily worth reading for anyone but the completionists, but the vast majority of the content included is either brilliant in its own right or adds depth to his core ideas. I particularly loved the political essays that came in the wake of the 2008 crash, it feels like Fisher was at his most fired up at this point and was at once more hopeful and more scathing than ever.
The fact that he's no longer with us becomes even more poignant as you get to the later essays in the collection and see how much he had left to give. Not only was he a great writer, but he was truly committed to making real change and was well on his way to formulating a system that brought together all of his ideas into a positive program. Despite being cut short, Fisher's work has laid considerable groundwork for whatever does come next, and I have no doubt that his ideas will be indispensible when dealing with whatever that is.
This collection itself is great, it's obviously uneven due to its length and not all the essays are necessarily worth reading for anyone but the completionists, but the vast majority of the content included is either brilliant in its own right or adds depth to his core ideas. I particularly loved the political essays that came in the wake of the 2008 crash, it feels like Fisher was at his most fired up at this point and was at once more hopeful and more scathing than ever.
The fact that he's no longer with us becomes even more poignant as you get to the later essays in the collection and see how much he had left to give. Not only was he a great writer, but he was truly committed to making real change and was well on his way to formulating a system that brought together all of his ideas into a positive program. Despite being cut short, Fisher's work has laid considerable groundwork for whatever does come next, and I have no doubt that his ideas will be indispensible when dealing with whatever that is.