{"product_id":"telesthesia-9780745653990","title":"Telesthesia","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An accessible, provocative vision of class politics for a world where the speed of information seems more important than solidity of material objects.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMedia International Australia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"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, \u003ci\u003eTelesthesia\u003c\/i\u003e challenges us to fashion a new politics of creative disruption. This book is provocative, insightful and timely.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMark C. Taylor, Columbia University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eTelesthesia\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMark Poster, University of California, Irvine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow to Occupy an Abstraction\u003cbr\u003eFresh Maimed Babies\u003cbr\u003eNeither Here Nor There\u003cbr\u003eSpeaking Trajectories\u003cbr\u003eCruising Virilio's Overexposed City\u003cbr\u003eArchitectronics of the Multitude\u003cbr\u003eWeird Global Media Event and Vectoral Unconscious\u003cbr\u003eSecuring Security\u003cbr\u003eGame and Play in Everyday Life\u003cbr\u003eThe Gift Shop at the End of History\u003cbr\u003eFrom Intellectual Persona to Hacker Interface\u003cbr\u003eDisco Marxism vs Techno Marxism\u003cbr\u003eThe Vectoral Class and its Antipodes\u003cbr\u003eFrom Disco Marxism to Praxis (Object Oriented)\u003cbr\u003eConsiderations on A Hacker Manifesto\u003cbr\u003eAfter Politics: To the Vector the Spoils\u003cbr\u003eThe Little Sisters Are Watching You\u003cbr\u003eShit is Fucked Up and Bullshit\u003cbr\u003eLast Words and Key Words\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eNotes","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767978590551,"sku":"9780745653990","price":21.53,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745653990.jpg?v=1758715764","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/telesthesia-9780745653990","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}