Description
Book SynopsisThe telegraph, telephone, and television, not to mention the Internet and mobile telephony, are all forms of communication that move information faster than the speed at which objects move. Both labor and capital and armies and commodities once moved at the same speed as the information organizing them.
Trade Review"An accessible, provocative vision of class politics for a world where the speed of information seems more important than solidity of material objects."
Media International Australia
"From Sydney to New York, the real to the virtual, the theoretical to the practical and back again, McKenzie Wark charts the vectors of a new space that is neither here nor there and yet is transforming society and the economy in unprecedented ways. By exposing what is hiding in plain sight, Telesthesia challenges us to fashion a new politics of creative disruption. This book is provocative, insightful and timely."
Mark C. Taylor, Columbia University
"Telesthesia continues McKenzie Wark’s sharp observations on recent media life. Well-informed on both cultural-political theory and media practices, Wark’s studies are highly recommended for students of all levels. And he writes with incredible grace."
Mark Poster, University of California, Irvine
Table of ContentsHow to Occupy an Abstraction
Fresh Maimed Babies
Neither Here Nor There
Speaking Trajectories
Cruising Virilio's Overexposed City
Architectronics of the Multitude
Weird Global Media Event and Vectoral Unconscious
Securing Security
Game and Play in Everyday Life
The Gift Shop at the End of History
From Intellectual Persona to Hacker Interface
Disco Marxism vs Techno Marxism
The Vectoral Class and its Antipodes
From Disco Marxism to Praxis (Object Oriented)
Considerations on A Hacker Manifesto
After Politics: To the Vector the Spoils
The Little Sisters Are Watching You
Shit is Fucked Up and Bullshit
Last Words and Key Words
Acknowledgements
Notes
