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Taylor & Francis Philosophy After Postmodernism Civilized Values and the Scope of Knowledge 16 Routledge Studies in TwentiethCentury Philosophy
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Taylor & Francis The Routledge Guidebook to Foucaults The History
Book SynopsisMichel Foucaultâs The History of Sexuality is one of the most influential philosophical works of the twentieth century and has been instrumental in shaping the study of Gender, Feminist Theory and Queer Theory. But Foucaultâs writing can be a difficult book to grasp as Foucault assumes a familiarity with the intellectually dominant theories of his time which renders many passages obscure for newcomers to his work. The Routledge Guidebook to Foucaultâs The History of Sexuality offers a clear and comprehensive guide to this groundbreaking work, examining: The historical context in which Foucault wrote A critical discussion of the text, which examines the relationship between The History of Sexuality, The Use of Pleasure and The Care of The Self The reception and ongoing influence of The History of Sexuality Offering a close reading of the text, this is essential reading for anyone studying this enormously influential work.Trade ReviewTaylor’s well-written guide to Foucault’s History of Sexuality promises to become a welcome companion for students delving into Foucault’s influential text, as it provides historical context and clarifies points of reference that may require some explanation and background for the new reader of Foucault.Claudia Schippert, University of Central Florida, USAIn this invaluable guide to Foucault’s History of Sexuality Volume 1, Taylor offers a lucid explication of one of the most consistently misread books of our time. Without sacrificing nuance or depth, Taylor frames Foucault’s History of Sexuality within the history of eugenics. This text will be especially illuminating for students who have looked to Foucault for a theory of sexual liberation. The chapters on Foucault’s uptake by feminists and queer theorists are a tour de force! Highly recommended for beginners and experts alike. Lynne Huffer, Emory University, USATable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter One: The Will to Know Questioning the Repressive HypothesisConfessionThe Social Construction of SexualitiesThe Perverse ImplantationChapter Two: Power Over Life Objective: RegicideMethod: or How to Theorize Power without the KingPower is everywherePower is warPower is relational Power is immanentPower comes from belowPower relations are intentional and non-subjectivePower produces resistanceChapter Three: Women, Children, Couples and ‘Perverts’ Denaturalizing SexDomain: The FamilyWomenChildrenCouples‘Perverts’Periodization: Retelling the History of SexualityChapter Four: Sex, Racism, and Death From Sanguinity to SexualityFoucault’s Genealogy of Modern RacismFrom Spectacles of Death to the Management of MorbidityExecutionsSuicideWarLetting DieDe-sexing sexualityChapter Five: The History of Sexuality and Feminist TheoryFeminist TensionsThe Repressive Hypothesis, Identity Politics, and the Feminist Sex WarsConsciousness Raising, Confession, and ExperienceFeminist Bodies and Pleasures Chapter Six: The History of Sexuality and Queer Theory From Feminism to Queer Theory‘A Queer Voice’Canonizing Foucault ‘The Imperial Prude’Chapter Seven: A Genealogy of the Desiring Subject Revising the ProjectSexual Austerity and the Monogamous IdealUsing SexSexual Anxiety‘The antimony of the boy’A Male EthicsEthics versus CodesScalePositions and PartnersSexual BinariesSex and HealthSex without PsychologyThe Use of The Use of PleasureBibliography
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Contemporary Capitalism Crisis and the Politics
Book SynopsisContemporary Capitalism, Crisis, and the Politics of Fiction: Literature Beyond Fordism proposes a fresh approach to contemporary fictional engagements with the idea of crisis in capitalism and its various social and economic manifestations. The book investigates how late-twentieth and twenty-first-century Anglophone fiction has imagined, interpreted, and in most cases resisted, the collapse of the socio-economic structures built after the Second World War and their replacement with a presumably immaterial order of finance-led economic development. Through a series of detailed readings of the words of authors Martin Amis, Hari Kunzru, Don DeLillo, Zia Haider Rahman, John Lanchester, Paul Murray and Zadie Smith among others, this study sheds light on the embattled and decidedly unstable nature of contemporary capitalism.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Post-Fordism and CrisisChapter 2: Subjects of AbstractionChapter 3: The Crisis and the CityChapter 4: Servile BecomingsChapter 5: The Reproductive ImaginationChapter 6: The Politics of Division
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Architecture for Spains Recovered Democracy
Book SynopsisHistorical studies on the involvement of architecture in twentieth-century politics have overlooked its contribution to building Spain's democracy. This pioneering book seeks to fill that void. Between the late 1970s and early 1990s, Spain founded representative institutions, launched its welfare state, and devolved autonomy to its regions. The study brings forth the architectural incarnation of that threefold program as it deployed in the Valencian Country, a Catalan-speaking region on Spain's Mediterranean shores. There, social democratic authorities mobilized architects, planners, and graphic artists to devise a newly open public sphere and to recover a local identity that Franco's dictatorship had repressed for decades. The research follows the impetus of reform and its contradictions through urban projects, designs for cultural amenities, and the renovation of governmental and professional bodies. Architecture for Spain's Recovered Democracy contributes to current debateTable of ContentsList of Illustrations. Acknowledgements. Introduction. CHAPTER 1. Institutional Bases of a Democratic Architecture. CHAPTER 2. Urban Design and Regime Change: Túria River Park (1979–1991). CHAPTER 3. Between Cosmopolitanism and Localism: The Valencian Institute of Modern Art (1984–1989). CHAPTER 4. Recovering Heritage for the Welfare Age: The Roman Theatre at Sagunt (1984–1993). CONCLUSION. An Architecture for the Region. Bibliography and Archival Sources. Index.
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Taylor & Francis Navigating the Postmodern Condition
Book SynopsisDrawing on poststructuralist frameworks, this book examines the way to a radical acceptance of daily discontinuities and difference as it allows us to embrace life in the postmodern world.With each chapter exploring the human relationship with a disjunction in daily life, such as sleeping, forgetting, and multitasking, the author examines overlooked aspects of daily living as fresh data from which to analyze our condition. A phenomenological study of postmodern life, the book provides anecdotes of what it is like to live through these gaps and theorizes how we use these gaps. Using an arts-based methodology, the author also allows the work to mirror the discontinuities which it describes, interrupting the assumption of our lives as continuous and unitary in both form and content. Addressing the vast jumble of contradictions that is our daily experience in this contemporary world, it offers explanation through theory and anecdote and illustrates the path toward radical accepta
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Žižek Dictionary
Book SynopsisSlavoj Žižek is the most popular and discussed philosopher in the world today. His prolific writings – across philosophy, psychoanalysis, political and social theory, film, music and religion – always engage and provoke. The power of his ideas, the breadth of his references, his capacity for playfulness and confrontation, his willingness to change his mind and his refusal fundamentally to alter his argument – all have worked to build an extraordinary international readership as well as to elicit much critical reaction. The Žižek Dictionary brings together leading Žižek commentators from across the world to present a companion and guide to Žižekian thought. Each of the 60 short essays examines a key term and, crucially, explores its development across Žižek’s work and how it fits in with other concepts and concerns. The dictionary will prove invaluable both to readers coming to Žižek for the first time and to those already embarked on the Žižekian journey.Trade Review"This is an extremely useful resource: the advantage of a "dictionary," or a concise encyclopedia, in this case, is that readers may hop around at will. For instance, one could begin with Žižek's entry on himself, found at the end of the book. This volume provides assistance to this approach by providing, at the end of each individual entry, recommendations for other entries…Overall…the quality of the offerings is uniformly high. This volume will appeal to a wide range of readers. Summing Up: Highly recommended." - D. W. Sullivan, Metropolitan State University of Denver, in CHOICETable of ContentsIntroduction, Rex Butler 1. Act, Sheila Kunkle 2. Althusser, Geoffrey Pfeifer 3. Badiou, Lucy A. Bell 4. Biopolitics, Fabio Vighi 5. Bureaucracy, Eero Laine 6. Butler, Judith, Kristine Klement 7. Capitalism, Chris McMillan 8. Class/Antagonism, Ceren Özselçuk and Yahya Madra 9. Cognitivism/Neuroscience, Adrian Johnston 10. Communism, Matthew Flisfeder 11. Concrete Universality, Wendell Kisner 12. Deleuze, Emmanuelle Wessels 13. Democracy, Matthew Sharpe 13. Derrida, Andrea Hurst 14. Descartes, Jonathan Murphy 15. Desire/Drive, Henrik Jøker Bjerre 16. Ecology, Daniel Hourigan 17. Economics, Chris Cowley 18. Enjoyment, Glyn Daly 19. Ethics, James Penney 20. Fantasy, Adam Cottrel 21. Fetish/Fetishistic Disavowal, Paul Taylor 22. Four Discourses, Yen-Ying Lai 23. Freud, Tony Thwaites 24. Hegel, Robert Sinnerbrink 25. Heidegger, Thomas Brockelman 26. Historicism/Historicity, Kirk Boyle 27. Hitchcock, Laurence Simmons 28. Ideology, Geoff Boucher 29. Inherent Transgression, Christine Evans 30. Interpellation/Identification, Robert Pfaller 31. Jew, Gabriel Tupinambá 32. Judaism/Christianity, Frederick Depoortere 33. Kant, Kelsey Wood 34. Lacan, Sean Homer 35. Laclau/Hegemony, Jan de Vos 36. Law, Jodi Dean 37. Lenin, Paul Kellogg 38. Liberalism/Multiculturalism, Antonio Garcia 39. Lynch, David, Ravindran Gopalan 40. Marx, Min Yang 41. Master-Signifier, David Gunkel 42. Milbank, John, Adam Kotsko 43. Nazism/Stalinism, Yong Wang 44. Negativity, George Garcia 45. Objet petit a/Sublime Object, Christopher W. Haley 46. Other/Big Other, Cindy Zeiher 47. Parallax, George Elerick 48. Real, Symbolic, Imaginary, Duane Rousselle 49. Schelling, Joseph Carew 50. September 11, Marc Acherman 51. Sexual Difference/Formulae of Sexuation, Kirsten Hyldgaard 52. Speculative Realism, Carlos Gomez 53. Subject, Rex Butler 54. Symptom, Todd McGowan 55. Truth, Marc de Kesel 56. Theology, Marcus Pound 57. Unconscious, Daniel Bristow 58. Universal/Particular, Randall Terada 59. Vanishing Mediator, Ian Buchanan 60. Wagner, James Little 61. Yugoslavia/Nationalism, Katerina Kolozova 62. Žižek, Slavoj Žižek. Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Jacques Derrida: Key Concepts
Book SynopsisJacques Derrida: Key Concepts presents a broad overview and engagement with the full range of Derrida's work - from the early phenomenological thinking to his preoccupations with key themes, such as technology, psychoanalysis, friendship, Marxism, racism and sexism, to his ethico-political writings and his deconstruction of democracy. Presenting both an examination of the key concepts central to his thinking and a broader study of how that thinking shifted over a lifetime, the book offers the reader a clear, systematic and fresh examination of the astounding breadth of Derrida's philosophy.Table of Contents1. Jacques Derrida: A Biographical Note Mauro Senatore 2. The Auto-bio-thanato-heterographical Maebh Long 3. Supplement Robert Bernasconi 4. Suspension Anne C. McCarthy 5. Religion Kevin Hart 6. Ecology Timothy Morton 7. Ethics: an (ir)responsibility Nicole Anderson 8. Teletechnology Robert Briggs 9. Friendship Samir Haddad 10. Sexual Immunities and the Sexual Sovereign Penelope Deutscher 11. Democracy and Sovereignty Alex Thomson 12. On Time, and Temporisation; on Temporalisation and History Joanna Hodge 13. When It Comes to Mourning Michael Naas 14. Race Claire Colebrook 15. Auto-Affection Leonard Lawlor 16. Literature Jeffrey T. Nealon 17. Politics Niall Lucy 18. Reading: Derrida and the Non-Future Tom Cohen. Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Biopolitics
Book SynopsisThe concept of biopolitics has been one of the most important and widely used in recent years in disciplines across the humanities and social sciences. In Biopolitics, Mills provides a wide-ranging and insightful introduction to the field of biopolitical studies. The first part of the book provides a much-needed philosophical introduction to key theoretical approaches to the concept in contemporary usage. This includes discussions of the work of Michel Foucault, Giorgio Agamben, Hannah Arendt, Roberto Esposito, and Antonio Negri. In the second part of the book, Mills discusses various topics across the categories of politics, life and subjectivity. These include questions of sovereignty and governmentality, violence, rights, technology, reproduction, race, and sexual difference. This book will be an indispensable guide for those wishing to gain an understanding of the central theories and issues in biopolitical studies. For those already working with the concept of biopolitics, it provides challenging and provocative insights and argues for a ground-breaking reorientation of the field. Trade Review'Catherine Mills's book is a brilliant introduction to the emerging field of research on biopolitics. It offers a sophisticated yet accessible overview of the main theories and thematic areas in the studies of biopolitics and will be indispensable reading both for beginners in this field and the more advanced readership.' Sergei Prozorov, University of Helsinki, Finland 'The most up to date and philosophically sophisticated overview of the current debates in biopolitical studies available today'.Miguel Vatter, University of New South Wales, AustraliaTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Introduction. Part One. 1. A new regime of power: Foucault. 2. Biopolitics as thanatopolitics: Agamben. 3. Totalitarianism and the political animal: Arendt. 4. Affirmative biopolitics: Negri and Esposito. Part Two. 5. Politics: Sovereignty, Violence, Rights. 6. Life: Biology, Technology, Reproduction. 7. Subjectivity: Persons, Race, Gender. 8. Concluding remarks. Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Poststructuralism and Critical Theory's Second
Book Synopsis"Poststructuralism and Critical Theory's Second Generation" analyses the major themes and developments in a period that brought continental philosophy to the forefront of scholarship in a variety of humanities and social science disciplines and that set the agenda for philosophical thought on the continent and elsewhere from the 1960s to the present. Focusing on the years 1960-1984, the volume examines the major figures associated with poststructuralism and the second generation of critical theory, the two dominant movements that emerged in the 1960s: Althusser, Foucault, Deleuze, Derrida, Lyotard, Irigaray, and Habermas. Influential thinkers such as Serres, Bourdieu, and Rorty, who are not easily placed in "standard" histories of the period, are also covered. Beyond this, thematic essays engage with issues as diverse as the Nietzschean legacy, the linguistic turn in continental thinking, the phenomenological inheritance of Gadamer and Ricoeur, the influence of psychoanalysis, the emergence of feminist thought and a philosophy of sexual difference, the renewal of the critical theory tradition, and the importation of continental philosophy into literary theory.Trade Review"Both comprehensive and detailed while being accessible to a broad readership, from the generalist interested in basic ideas and facts to the specialist, who may require new perspectives on and approaches to specific thinkers and movements." - Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews "This excellent volume will be an important aid to a wide range of readers who will benefit from the clarity of the explications and the breadth of the treatments." - John Protevi, Louisiana State UniversityTable of ContentsSeries Preface; Introduction, Alan D. Schrift; 1. French Nietzscheanism, Alan D. Schrift; 2. Louis Althusser, Warren Montag; 3. Michel Foucault, Timothy O'Leary; 4. Gilles Deleuze, Daniel W. Smith; 5. Jacques Derrida, Samir Haddad; 6. Jean-Francois Lyotard, James Williams; 7. Pierre Bourdieu and the practice of philosophy, Derek Robbins; 8. Michel Serres, David F. Bell; 9. Jurgen Habermas, Christopher F. Zurn; 10. Second generation critical theory, James Swindal; 11. Gadamer, Ricoeur, and the legacy of phenomenology, Wayne J. Froman; 12. The linguistic turn in continental philosophy, Claire Colebrook; 13. Psychoanalysis and desire, Rosi Braidotti & Alan D. Schrift; 14. Luce Irigaray, Mary Beth Mader; 15. Cixous, Kristeva, and Le Doeuff: three "French feminists", Sara Heinamaa; 16. Deconstruction and the Yale School of literary theory, Jeffrey T. Nealon; 17. Rorty among the continentals, David R. Hiley
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Taylor & Francis Ltd After Poststructuralism: Transitions and
Book SynopsisThe end of the Cold War revitalised continental philosophy and, more particularly, interest in it from outside philosophy. "After Poststructuralism: Transitions and Transformations" analyses the main developments in continental philosophy between 1980-1995, a time of great upheaval and profound social change. The volume ranges across the birth of postmodernism, the differing traditions of France, Germany and Italy, third generation critical theory, radical democracy, postcolonial philosophy, the turn to ethics, feminist philosophies, the increasing engagement with religion, and the rise of performativity and post-analytic philosophy. Analyses of the major figures are integrated within the discussion. After Poststructuralism reveals how continental philosophy - fuelled by an intense ethical and political desire to reflect changing social and political conditions - responded to the changing world and to the key issues of the time, notably globalisation, technology and ethnicity.Trade Review"This is a volume with a guaranteed wide use as a general reference and also for the discursive and critical strength of the essays included. Philosophers, cultural and gender studies specialists, feminists, sociologists and political scientists would form its most ardent readership." - Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews"This volume explores the exposure of philosophy to various external stimuli and sources of disruption over the past forty years: geo-politics, literary historical innovation, globalisation and techno-scientific transformation. The book resonates with intellectual vigour and the sense of excitement." - Joanna Hodge, Manchester Metropolitan University, UKTable of ContentsSeries Preface; Introduction, Rosi Braidotti; 1. Postmodernism, Simon Malpas; 2. German philosophy after 1980: themes out of school, Dieter Thoma; 3. The structuralist legacy, Patrice Maniglier; 4. Italian philosophy between 1980 and 1995, Silvia Benso & Brian Schroeder; 5. Continental philosophy in the Czech Republic, Josef Fulka, Jr.; 6. Third generation critical theory: Benhabib, Fraser, and Honneth, Amy Allen; 7. French and Italian Spinozism, Simon Duffy; 8. Radical democracy, Lasse Thomassen; 9. Cultural and postcolonial studies, Iain Chambers; 10. The "ethical turn" in continental philosophy in the 1980s, Robert Eaglestone; 11. Feminist philosophy: coming of age, Rosi Braidotti; 12. Continental philosophy of religion, Bruce Ellis Benson; 13. The performative turn and the emergence of post-analytic philosophy, Jose Medina; 14. Out of bounds: philosophy in an age of transition, Judith Butler & Rosi Braidotti
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Taylor & Francis Ltd G. W. F. Hegel: Key Concepts
Book SynopsisThe thought of G. W. F. Hegel (1770 -1831) has had a deep and lasting influence on a wide range of philosophical, political, religious, aesthetic, cultural and scientific movements. But, despite the far-reaching importance of Hegel's thought, there is often a great deal of confusion about what he actually said or believed.G. W. F. Hegel: Key Concepts provides an accessible introduction to both Hegel's thought and Hegel-inspired philosophy in general, demonstrating how his concepts were understood, adopted and critically transformed by later thinkers. The first section of the book covers the principal philosophical themes in Hegel's system: epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, ethical theory, political philosophy, philosophy of nature, philosophy of art, philosophy of religion, philosophy of history and theory of the history of philosophy. The second section covers the main post-Hegelian movements in philosophy: Marxism, existentialism, pragmatism, analytic philosophy, hermeneutics and French poststructuralism.The breadth and depth of G. W. F. Hegel: Key Concepts makes it an invaluable introduction for philosophical beginners and a useful reference source for more advanced scholars and researchers.Table of ContentsIntroduction Michael Baur Part 1: Hegel's Thought 1. Epistemology Jeffery Kinlaw 2. Metaphysics Nathan Ross 3. Philosophy of Mind John Russon 4. Ethical Theory Brian O'Connor 5. Political Philosophy Thom Brooks 6. Philosophy of Nature Alison Stone 7. Philosophy of Art Allen Speight 8. Philosophy of Religion Martin DeNys 9. Philosophy of History Lydia Moland 10. History of Philosophy Jeffrey Reid Part 2: Hegel's Legacy 11. Hegel, Marx, and Marxism Andrew Buchwalter 12. Hegel and Existentialism David Ciavatta 13. Hegel and Pragmatism Paul Redding 14. Hegel and Analytic Philosophy Russell Newstadt and Andrew Cutrofello 15. Hegel and Hermeneutics Michael Baur 16. Hegel and French Post-Structuralism Brent Adkins Chronology of Life and Works. Index
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Verso Books Everything, All the Time, Everywhere: How We
Book SynopsisPost-Modernity is the creative destruction that has shattered our present times into fragments. It dynamited modernism which had dominated the western world for most of the 20th century. Post-modernism stood for everything modernism rejected: fun, exuberance, irresponsibility. But beneath its glitzy surface, post-modernism had a dirty secret: it was the fig leaf for a rapacious new kind of capitalism. It was alsoseemsthe forcing ground of the 'post truth', by means of which western values got turned upside down. But where do these ideas come from and how have they impacted on the world? In his brilliant history of a dangerous idea, Stuart Jeffries tells a narrative that starts in the early 1970s and continue to today. He tells this history through a riotous gallery that includes, amongst others: David Bowie * the Ipod * Frederic Jameson * the demolition of Pruit-Igoe * Madonna * Post-Fordism * Jeff Koon's 'Rabbit' * Deleuze and Guattari * the Nixon Shock * The Bowery series * Judith Butler * Las Vegas * Margaret Thatcher * Grand Master Flash * I Love Dick * the RAND Corporation * the Sex Pistols *Princess Diana * the Musee D'Orsay * Grand Theft Auto* Perry Anderson * Netflix * 9/11We are today scarcely capable of conceiving politics as a communal activity because we have become habituated to being consumers rather than citizens. Politicians treat us as consumers to whom they must deliver. Can we do anything else than suffer from buyer's remorse?Trade ReviewMarvellously entertaining, exciting and informative. -- John Banville * Guardian Books of the Year [For Grand Hotel Abyss] *This seemingly daunting book turned out to be an exhilarating page-turner.Grand Hotel Abyss is an outstanding critical introduction to some of the most fertile, and still relevant, thinkers of the 20th century. -- Michael Dirda * Washington Post [For Grand Hotel Abyss] *Attempts something rather daring . An easily accessible, funny history of one of the more formidable intellectual movements of the 20th century . an easy, witty, pacy read -- Owen Hatherley * [for Grand Hotel Abyss] *Throughout the book, Jeffries demonstrates that he is comfortable and conversant with the often thorny philosophical ideas of his subjects. A rich, intellectually meaty history. * Kirkus [for Grand Hotel Abyss] *Stuart Jeffries has produced a compelling and politically pressing group portrait of the philosophers associated with the Frankfurt School. Their thinking has never seemed less forbidding and more inspiring -- Matthew Beaumont * [for Grand Hotel Abyss] *An engaging and accessible history of the lives and main ideas of the leading thinkers of the Frankfurt School * New York Review of Books [for Grand Hotel Abyss] *Erudite and entertaining ... Everything, All the Time, Everywhere is a detailed and convincing horror story of the amalgamation of the two most dominant intellectual paradigms of the past half century. -- Ryne Clos * Spectrum Culture *Jeffries is a rarity: a journalist with a serious interest in cultural theory ... who writes about it in a way that is both scholarly and welcoming to non-theorists ... entertaining and astute -- Joe Moran * Times Literary Supplement *In holding a mirror to a familiar world, Everything looks to reveal hidden complexities ... eminently readable, without eliding the difficulties that are so key to its intrigue -- Daniel Baksi * The Arts Desk *Splendidly readable ... Jeffries packs a remarkable knowledge of postmodern culture into these pages -- Terry Eagleton * Guardian *Intriguing -- William Davies * New Statesman *Everything, All the Time, Everywhere finds Stuart Jeffries examining simply and engagingly how a loss of values and critical thought has led to our 'post-truth', irrational world. * Choice Magazine *A lively, sparky book -- Michael Rosen * BBC Front Row *Not only instructive; [Everything, All the Time, Everywhere] is a pleasurable read ... brilliant and entertaining -- Lisa Downing * Financial Times *Engaging and richly detailed -- Christopher McMichael * New Frame *Astute -- D.L. Dusenbury * Spectator *Everything, All the Time, Everywhere is a book replete with philosophical, social, and political references and its range of material is truly impressive. -- Sean Sheehan * popmatters *Pertinent ... on class, and capital, [Jeffries] is good. -- Scotsman * Stuart Kelly *Stuart Jeffries' animated and witty approach in Everything, All the Time, Everywhere is an exhilarating and even intoxicating look at the shambles the relationship between postmodernism and neoliberal capitalism has created. -- Ron Jacobs * Counterpunch *
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