{"product_id":"postcapitalist-desire-the-final-lectures-hardcover","title":"Postcapitalist Desire: The Final Lectures - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Fisher\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMatt Colquhoun\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of transcripts from Mark Fisher's final series of lectures at Goldsmiths, University of London, in late 2016.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEdited and with an introduction by Matt Colquhoun, this collection of lecture notes and transcriptions reveals acclaimed writer and blogger Mark Fisher in his element -- the classroom -- outlining a project that Fisher's death left so bittersweetly unfinished. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeginning with that most fundamental of questions -- \"Do we really want what we say we want?\" -- Fisher explores the relationship between desire and capitalism, and wonders what new forms of desire we might still excavate from the past, present, and future. From the emergence and failure of the counterculture in the 1970s to the continued development of his left-accelerationist line of thinking, this volume charts a tragically interrupted course for thinking about the raising of a new kind of consciousness, and the cultural and political implications of doing so. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor Fisher, this process of consciousness raising was always, fundamentally, psychedelic -- just not in the way that we might think...\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Fisher (1968 - 2017) was a co-founder of Zero Books and, later, Repeater Books. His blog, k-punk, defined critical writing for a generation. He wrote three books, Capitalist Realism, Ghosts of My Life and The Weird and the Eerie, and was a Visiting Fellow in the Visual Cultures department at Goldsmiths, University of London. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMatt Colquhoun is a writer and photographer from Hull, East Yorkshire. He is the author of Egress: On Mourning, Melancholy and Mark Fisher and blogs at xenogothic.com.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 12, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768482791712,"sku":"9781913462482","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/69cb688afca18926ccba8a03ce4998a9.webp?v=1780330636","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/postcapitalist-desire-the-final-lectures-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}