K-Punk: The Collected Writings of Mark Fisher
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Summary
Fisher died in January 2017， but his writings--on his blog K-Punk， in publications such as The Wire and in books like Capitalist Realism--have had a lasting impact on the UK dance scene。 K-Punk is an anthology of Mark's published and unpublished writings。 With a Foreword by music journalist， Simon Reynolds。
Reviews
Ari
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love and miss you mark :（this took me a year to read lol
Lee
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about as many good pieces as useless pieces
Jack Smith
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- abridged audiobook 9hrs - n0t as interesting as my earlier dips into his theory。 an over-fascination with the word"libidinal" （which really just means something like human/life energy and doesn't have the same power as Lorde's concept of the erotic）， with music as a symptom of where we are politically and a euro-centric view of the world but some good bits n pieces of theory in here - abridged audiobook 9hrs - n0t as interesting as my earlier dips into his theory。 an over-fascination with the word"libidinal" （which really just means something like human/life energy and doesn't have the same power as Lorde's concept of the erotic）， with music as a symptom of where we are politically and a euro-centric view of the world but some good bits n pieces of theory in here 。。。more
Tommy Anansi
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I started studying my M。A。 at Goldsmiths a few short months after Mark's passing and was actually unaware of him until a friend of mine recommended me Capitalist Realism， which the university library naturally had a huge collection of。 Since then， I have come to read and re-read several of his writings in order to understand the perpetually hauntological loop that our current culture inhabits in the increasingly detached and meaningless void that is life under late capitalism。 Since I´ve read Ca I started studying my M。A。 at Goldsmiths a few short months after Mark's passing and was actually unaware of him until a friend of mine recommended me Capitalist Realism， which the university library naturally had a huge collection of。 Since then， I have come to read and re-read several of his writings in order to understand the perpetually hauntological loop that our current culture inhabits in the increasingly detached and meaningless void that is life under late capitalism。 Since I´ve read Capitalist Realism and Ghosts of My Life， I'm glad to also have the other writings from Mark's overure， especially from his k punk blog in this excellent collection of writings from one of the most important cultural theorists of the 21st century。 。。。more
Ryan
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This is only a selection of the much larger collection， but it's all that is available on audiobook at the moment。 I'm reading the rest but these selections， in large part， focus on the politics of early 21st Century England （and occasionally beyond）。 It was somewhat elucidatory， insofar as I wasn't tremendously knowledgeable about many of the subjects but it's also， likely， the subject matter I am least interested in Mark's writings on。That said， this collection also contains a few standouts th This is only a selection of the much larger collection， but it's all that is available on audiobook at the moment。 I'm reading the rest but these selections， in large part， focus on the politics of early 21st Century England （and occasionally beyond）。 It was somewhat elucidatory， insofar as I wasn't tremendously knowledgeable about many of the subjects but it's also， likely， the subject matter I am least interested in Mark's writings on。That said， this collection also contains a few standouts that made it， even if it were a standalone， worthwhile: 'No One is Bored， Everything is Boring'， 'For Now， Our Desire is Nameless'， 'Anti-Therapy'， and the concluding unfinished （but still easily comprehensible， only missing things like stray adjectives or descriptors in most cases） 'Manequin Challenge' and 'Acid Communism' （the intended introduction to his next book）。 Those pieces make me abundantly sad that we're left with these sorts of extraordinary odds and ends， rather than the further work that would more fully realize them into a more cogent whole。Fully expecting the full collection to get the full ***** but this gets just **** 。。。more
Fraser
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Read this over the first lockdown one piece a day with my morning coffee。 Really really really great。The time these pieces were originally written over （2004 - 2016） covers basically the entirety of my formative years （13-26）， so it was good to get a perspective on something （and event， a film， some part of pop culture） or articulated something that I couldn't have done at the time， on account of being a literal child （you're not *really* an adult until some point in your early 20s， I don't thin Read this over the first lockdown one piece a day with my morning coffee。 Really really really great。The time these pieces were originally written over （2004 - 2016） covers basically the entirety of my formative years （13-26）， so it was good to get a perspective on something （and event， a film， some part of pop culture） or articulated something that I couldn't have done at the time， on account of being a literal child （you're not *really* an adult until some point in your early 20s， I don't think。 There's an extended adolescence that didn't really exist in my parents time）。 One thing that stuck out was a genuine （but not cloyingly sentimental！） optimism about *people* throughout - the work they're capable of， the tv and film they're capable of understanding and enjoying， the political outcomes they could construct， their productive and creative capacity - that comes through even when the subject matter is depressing。A truly great thinker and communicator of ideas， lost too soon。 。。。more
Yaniz Sebastian
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El terreno en dónde se juega la política hoy es en el cruce de tecnología， cuerpo y deseo。 Fisher siguiendo a Nick Land hace un paralaje y una cartografía cognitiva del tiempo dentro del capitalismo。 Mientras intenta buscar los lugares en dónde se haya una salida， un egreso de la lenta cancelación del futuro。 En estos ensayos hay una búsqueda específica en vías a recuperar la calidad de vida y un torrente de memorias y afectos que se fugan en las representaciones culturales del neoliberalismo。
shilpa
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worth reading 1） the privatization of stress 2） no romance without finance 3） not failing better but fighting to win 4） the happiness of margaret thatcher 5） anti therapy 6） abandon hope 7） no i've never had a job and 8） this interview worth reading 1） the privatization of stress 2） no romance without finance 3） not failing better but fighting to win 4） the happiness of margaret thatcher 5） anti therapy 6） abandon hope 7） no i've never had a job and 8） this interview 。。。more
Jean Hardee
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Spent about two years dipping in and out of this and finally finished it this weekend。 Honestly feels like a weight off my mind。There are fantastic moments reading this where you can feel the （hauntological， sorry） spectre of Fisher forseeing the present moment， and lament his absence to articulate the strange dislocations of our current time。 There are less fantastic moments where you finish an essay about some mid-80s BBC show you've never watched， with Deleuze and Guitarri aggressively shoeho Spent about two years dipping in and out of this and finally finished it this weekend。 Honestly feels like a weight off my mind。There are fantastic moments reading this where you can feel the （hauntological， sorry） spectre of Fisher forseeing the present moment， and lament his absence to articulate the strange dislocations of our current time。 There are less fantastic moments where you finish an essay about some mid-80s BBC show you've never watched， with Deleuze and Guitarri aggressively shoehorned in the middle， and sigh as it culminates in Mark's lament about the current dire state of British broadcasting for the umpteenth time。 I'm forgiving of some of the repitition as these blog posts were not designed to be published as a book。 I'd recommend not - as I did - reading through the book cover to cover， as you will get completely saturated with essays on different phenomena coming back around to the same old talking points in each section。 While there's a lot to criticise with regards the cohesiveness of the book， Fisher's thinking and writing can be inspirational in a number of ways。 He can make you want to think more deeply about the artforms you engage with， direct your political anger， and have empathy for your fellow person who also lives as a subject under capitalist realism。Also - there's a bit about 700 pages in where he just， out of nowhere， goes off on stoners that really made me piss myself。 。。。more
Juan Francisco
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La compilación de artículos publicados por Fisher en k-punk está editada en volúmenes que siguen temas en común。 El primero， que acabo de terminar， compila artículos sobre libros， películas y series。No leí ni miré casi ninguno de ellos， y ni siquiera conocía -por lo menos- la mitad。 Aun así， disfruté mucho del libro， y esto， creo， por dos motivos。El primero es que el entusiasmo y la estridencia con la que están escritos los artículos enganchan， y hacen que sea inevitable tener la pc al lado para La compilación de artículos publicados por Fisher en k-punk está editada en volúmenes que siguen temas en común。 El primero， que acabo de terminar， compila artículos sobre libros， películas y series。No leí ni miré casi ninguno de ellos， y ni siquiera conocía -por lo menos- la mitad。 Aun así， disfruté mucho del libro， y esto， creo， por dos motivos。El primero es que el entusiasmo y la estridencia con la que están escritos los artículos enganchan， y hacen que sea inevitable tener la pc al lado para ir descargando lo que nombra。 Siempre es bueno entrar al universo de referencias culturales de otra persona， y más al de alguien con tanto ojo （y tantas lecturas） como Mark Fisher。 A lo que ya conocía me dieron ganas de volver con k-punk en la otra mano， y a lo que no， me dieron ganas de verlo o leerlo para luego volver al texto y entrar en otra dimensión de análisis， siempre particular， y casi con seguridad superior a cualquier cosa que se le pueda ocurrir a cualquier otra persona。El segundo motivo tiene que ver con que muchas de las conclusiones que va extrayendo cobran independencia del texto sobre el que trabaja， permitiendo al que lee entrar en la idea del artículo sin la necesidad de conocer a lo que hace referencia。 Acá se encuentra una de las facetas más admirables de Fisher -acaso la que más lo caracterizaba-: su capacidad para entender y explicar el funcionamiento del realismo capitalista， por ejemplo， a partir de un capítulo de una sitcom irrelevante de los ochenta o la última secuela poco original y cargada de CGI de Hollywood， captando lo inmanente de un consumo cultural cualquiera y elaborando teoría a partir de eso。 Me gustaría tener aunque sea una partecita de su talento。Cuando pueda voy a leer el segundo volumen， que salió hace no tanto y habla de música y política， temas sobre los que sabía un montón y sobre los cuales escribía muy bien， entendiendo al arte como indisociable de sus condiciones materiales y sociales de producción y conectando esos dos universos al mejor estilo de la crítica cultural。 。。。more
Tommaso
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Siamo ancora in grado di coltivare le ombre？La versione estesa di Realismo capitalista， ma comunque fondamentale。 Mi commuvono sempre gli squarci di ottimismo di cui pure era capace， e che rendono ancora più insensata e insopportabile la sua assenza。 Siamo ancora in grado di coltivare le ombre？La versione estesa di Realismo capitalista， ma comunque fondamentale。 Mi commuvono sempre gli squarci di ottimismo di cui pure era capace， e che rendono ancora più insensata e insopportabile la sua assenza。 。。。more
dilby
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geez！ this is a really special book， such as it is。 i。e。， k-punk was never intended to be gathered up and published like this， though it is really illuminating （and in some ways very sad） to read it all this way。 it doesn’t operate like a normal theoretical argument， in which you present the final product: the solidified， crystallized concept， often an expanded and reinforced version of something the author argued in a published academic article or essay。 this is very different， with a handful o geez！ this is a really special book， such as it is。 i。e。， k-punk was never intended to be gathered up and published like this， though it is really illuminating （and in some ways very sad） to read it all this way。 it doesn’t operate like a normal theoretical argument， in which you present the final product: the solidified， crystallized concept， often an expanded and reinforced version of something the author argued in a published academic article or essay。 this is very different， with a handful of concepts and arguments being developed， repeated， worked through over the course of years。 you can tell when fisher has been having a tough go of it because he is more uncertain， touchy， frustrated， memoiristic。 but it is unmistakably productive work， and he grapples， across a variety of texts and contexts， with a handful of problems which cluster around capitalist realism （“what i have called capitalist realism，” he writes dozens of times throughout the various entries）， the neoliberal conclusion that capitalism is the only “realistic” economic arrangement possible， no matter how much we might wish for things to operate differently。around that core idea a whole variety of ramifications emerge: how convenient is the increasing widespread acceptance of depression （and the attendant feeling of hopelessness and emphasis on pharmaceutical/CBT self-improvement）; how dim our senses of possibility， collectivity， and excitement are; the way that nostalgia warps the leftist imaginary into outdated binaries and strategies。 serious stuff。 and it all just。。。。stops at the end。 a brutal reminder of how personal and deeply felt it all was for Fisher， a reminder of the fact that when he talks about hope， empowerment， connection to others through collectivity， he is not merely speaking in platitudes or mobilizing rhetoric: he is giving voice to his own hopes。 I am really not sure what to make of that。 it’s a quite painful thought。 。。。more
Adam
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There is already a review on Goodreads that sums up my thoughts on Fisher better than I ever could:"I'm willing to forgive a lot in the writing of Mark Fisher – his Gen X-inflected prose， his fondness for neologism， his desire to revive certain thinkers whose thought I believe constitutes a series of ideological dead ends （Derrida， Jameson， Badiou， Baudrillard）， his presumption of certain preexisting stances among his readership （a natural move considering that these essays were originally publi There is already a review on Goodreads that sums up my thoughts on Fisher better than I ever could:"I'm willing to forgive a lot in the writing of Mark Fisher – his Gen X-inflected prose， his fondness for neologism， his desire to revive certain thinkers whose thought I believe constitutes a series of ideological dead ends （Derrida， Jameson， Badiou， Baudrillard）， his presumption of certain preexisting stances among his readership （a natural move considering that these essays were originally published in blog form）。 I forgive this because he wrote about our particular epoch with an insight and grace I could never hope to match。 He writes about depression， pop music， and the inadequacies of middlebrow taste effortlessly， and three of his neologisms – capitalist realism， hauntology， and the Vampire's Castle – convey concepts that I think about near-daily。" （https://www。goodreads。com/review/show。。。）I'm only going to comment on Fisher's political analysis。 His cultural critique （though the two cannot really be separated） is hit and miss depending on the extent to which you can relate to （or even know） the media that he is critiquing。 For this reason， I find his analysis of Mark E。 Smith and The Fall insightful and relatable， his analysis of 1970s UK public television less so。Capitalist Realism is one of the great observations of modern political theory。 Marx's analyses of the inherent contradictions within capitalism and its inevitable collapse have never been more universally observable。 The apparent declining rate of profit， rampant finalisation， collapse after collapse， astounding inequality; all of it laid so bare in a way no doubt unfathomable to those who grew up under post-War embedded liberalism。 And yet， capitalism has never felt more all-encompassing， more unsurpassable。 If the fight between contending classes is to end with a revolutionary reconstitution of society at large， not in the common ruin of the contending classes， overcoming the pervasive acceptance that there is no alternative will be key。 In the 81 pages of Capitalist Realism （as long as you can feel your way around references to obscure British music and film）， the budding communist may be rid of any suspicion that capitalism （let alone neoliberalism） is insuperable。K-Punk should not be heavily critiqued for incoherence。 It is mostly a collection of blogposts written in the wake of the defeat of New Labour （at least at the polls） and the GFC; the apparent twilight of "embedded neoliberalism。" Where K-Punk can be critiqued， however， is in its broader - and more tenuous - applications of Fisher's theories。 On Capitalist Realism in particular， Fisher applies the concept to institutions of power in a way that， admittedly quite some time since reading Capitalist Realism， I don't recall。 In his analysis of the New Labour response to the GFC， for example， Fisher notes "Labour’s slowness to respond to the crisis was not merely some failure of judgement or strategy; it was a consequence of how deeply capitalist realism had saturated the party。 There was no question of Labour using the crisis to impose its own programme， because， by 2008， it didn’t have much of programme beyond capitalist realism。 Everything had been set up for a corporate appeasement， and there were neither the organisational nor the intellectual infrastructure to come up with anything new。 Capitalist realism wasn’t something that Labour was waiting out and planning to overcome， one day; it was embedded as an effectively permanent baseline set of conditions — conditions which receded from visibility even as they imposed strict limits on what could be said and thought。" For me， capitalist realism is a social （superstructural） mindset; a concept necessary in creating a populace pliant enough to undertake the violent rearrangement of "class power" in favour of elite capitalists and their bourgeois parliamentary allies。 What it isn't is an explanation for how liberal-bourgeois labour parties continually and habitually capitulate to the interests of capital。 The very concept of a 'liberal-bourgeois' labour party is lifted directly from Lenin's Labour Government in Australia from 1913。 It is surely feasible， therefore， for the post-GFC capitulation not to be the result of a newfangled belief that no alternative is possible， rather a reflection of the historical position of Western labour parties as a crucial mediator between class interests。And perhaps this is where K-Punk falls flat。 "His Gen X-inflected prose， his fondness for neologism， his desire to revive certain thinkers whose thought I believe constitutes a series of ideological dead ends" all rankle to readers growing up not in the triumphalism of neoliberalism and the defeatism of the left， but in a 21st Century defined by accelerating collapse and decay。 To a New Left coddled in the post-War welfare state， buoyed by the individualistic fervour of the 1960s and the radicalisation of the academic classes， the apparent excesses of actually-existing socialism made mediation with Western capitalism a most favourable path。 Fisher recognises this， in part， stating many times the need to bridge the gap between individuated politics， the Fordist Leninist left and the New Left。 However， his emphasis on the cultural， on the absolute *need* for a "post-Fordist" post-Leninist left （people may not be working in factories - the "congeniality" and "stability" of that work now gone - but they continue to work under conditions of extreme exploitation; a context not ripe for the "the traditional representatives of the working class — union and labour leaders"， but certainly ripe for radicalism） and a refusal to countenance how Empire - rather than the inherent evil of an authoritarian abstract "communism" - may have precipitated the "nightmares of the twentieth century"， is deeply rooted in the traditions of the academic New Left。 To members of third-world or indigenous communist movements， many of Fisher's assertions would be patently absurd。 To those in the imperial core young enough to live through the GFC as children， have the welfare safety net removed from under them， to pay exorbitantly for the privilege of attending university and then to never receive the economic benefits of stable employment， these arguments may seem similarly absurd for two core reasons:1。 It could not be more clear that Capitalist Realism is a thing to be overcome not from within the bourgeois institutions of the state， but from a movement very much without。 A Leninist party organisation should be very appealing in achieving this。2。 The utter depravity and inequality of contemporary capitalism has made many young leftists - rightly in my opinion - yearn for a societal form many in the New Left crowd （including Fisher） believe to be a nightmare: the "actually-existing socialism" of the 20th Century。 I don't know a single friend （politicised or otherwise） who does not live in kommunalka-like conditions - sharing small houses with many more people than they "should" - yet pay enormously for the "privilege。" A bourgeois critique of communist cultural "authoritarianism" falls flat when living in a capitalist society that not only reproduces hollow culture （as Fisher points out） but barely enables us to feed， clothe and shelter ourselves。 。。。more
Harry Allard
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I was introduced to Mark Fisher via 'Exiting the Vampire Castle'， and still think he's at his best dismantling the moralising， identitarian liberal mutants that have overrun the left。 I was pretty bored by the chapter on music， but the rest was great。 Loved his discussion of the "privatisation of stress"， which felt even more urgent， knowing about his death。 I was introduced to Mark Fisher via 'Exiting the Vampire Castle'， and still think he's at his best dismantling the moralising， identitarian liberal mutants that have overrun the left。 I was pretty bored by the chapter on music， but the rest was great。 Loved his discussion of the "privatisation of stress"， which felt even more urgent， knowing about his death。 。。。more
Lena B
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they （I） said it couldn't be done！ they （I） said I'd never finish this book！ they （I） said it couldn't be done！ they （I） said I'd never finish this book！ 。。。more
Geovanny Gavilanes
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Fisher conecta cada pensamiento filosófico del realismo capitalista con un ejemplo combinado de cultura pop。 Para entender a profundidad cada escrito， se necesita ver， leer o al menos revisar algo sobre el tema "pop" del que trata en cada texto。 Fisher conecta cada pensamiento filosófico del realismo capitalista con un ejemplo combinado de cultura pop。 Para entender a profundidad cada escrito， se necesita ver， leer o al menos revisar algo sobre el tema "pop" del que trata en cada texto。 。。。more
Mlhoganjr
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This consists of several hundred pages of essays taken from Mark Fisher's K-punk blog and put into book form， separated by common subject or themes into chapters。 You can read the sparks of certain ideas and concepts from one essay-- notions almost just being toyed around with at first-- turn more seasoned and concrete in others。 The concept he's probably most well-known for， capitalist realism， is nearly ubiquitous。 Fisher's writing probably requires a specialized set of prerequisites to be enj This consists of several hundred pages of essays taken from Mark Fisher's K-punk blog and put into book form， separated by common subject or themes into chapters。 You can read the sparks of certain ideas and concepts from one essay-- notions almost just being toyed around with at first-- turn more seasoned and concrete in others。 The concept he's probably most well-known for， capitalist realism， is nearly ubiquitous。 Fisher's writing probably requires a specialized set of prerequisites to be enjoyed in its entirety。 It would certainly help to be an older Leftist Gen-X man with an advanced degree in one of the social sciences， British， and a veteran of Madchester in the 1980s。 By the way， that previous sentence is basically how the chapters break down if you're curious。 For the rest of us， it's better to pick and choose the essays to skip over。 I gave it a shot but I sunk pretty quickly when it came to the numerous essays on contemporary British politics or academic level philosophy。 In total， I gave up on what well could have been about 1/5 of these essays。 I chalk this down to the translation through mediums that occurred by taking a set of blog postings （highly topical， current） and freezing them into book form。 Though with all that said， I just as often found many of the essays so profound that I stopped in my tracks。 Still， is all Mark Fisher ever contributed to our collective discourse was the capitalist realism， that would be more than enough。 The idea is simple: as Margaret Thatcher warned "There is no alternative" [to capitalism]。 Starting in 1991 with the dissolution of the Soviet Union， the last （theoretically， at least） counterbalance to Western style capitalism， even imagining another economic and political system besides laissez faire is becoming more difficult by the day。 Not only is there no realistic alternative in sight， it's hard for even the most strident Leftist to think of what a comprehensive alternative would look like。 。。。more
Andrew
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I'm willing to forgive a lot in the writing of Mark Fisher – his Gen X-inflected prose， his fondness for neologism， his desire to revive certain thinkers whose thought I believe constitutes a series of ideological dead ends （Derrida， Jameson， Badiou， Baudrillard）， his presumption of certain preexisting stances among his readership （a natural move considering that these essays were originally published in blog form）。 I forgive this because he wrote about our particular epoch with an insight and g I'm willing to forgive a lot in the writing of Mark Fisher – his Gen X-inflected prose， his fondness for neologism， his desire to revive certain thinkers whose thought I believe constitutes a series of ideological dead ends （Derrida， Jameson， Badiou， Baudrillard）， his presumption of certain preexisting stances among his readership （a natural move considering that these essays were originally published in blog form）。 I forgive this because he wrote about our particular epoch with an insight and grace I could never hope to match。 He writes about depression， pop music， and the inadequacies of middlebrow taste effortlessly， and three of his neologisms – capitalist realism， hauntology， and the Vampire's Castle – convey concepts that I think about near-daily。Here be his epitaph， this volume of essays， especially in the fragment of Acid Communism， the book he was working on at the time of his death。 I felt a terrible empathy reading that last bit。 I wish he was still around to write about right now。 We need more voices like this。 。。。more
Raul Alonzo Jr。
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A hefty collection that spans several years and topics that nonetheless leaves you wanting more。 Fisher's voice is badly missing in these times and this tome just shows how prescient his writing was。 RIP Mark。 A hefty collection that spans several years and topics that nonetheless leaves you wanting more。 Fisher's voice is badly missing in these times and this tome just shows how prescient his writing was。 RIP Mark。 。。。more
Danny
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Too much Fisher for me。 A good book to dip in and out of。 I really enjoyed Simon Reynolds foreword， but easily lost context once I wandered into the thickets。
Dave Pier
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So brilliant。 What a loss。
Joel
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I am exhausted and exhilarated having just finished this book。 There is no doubt in my mind that Mark Fisher was， and will continue to be， one of the most important thinkers of our time， may he rest in peace。 The breadth and depth of material here is awe-inspiring and his intellectual curiosity and rigorousness just plain inspiring。Regrettably， I did not take notes as I read this， but some of the standout moments that come to mind are his discussions of depression as a political symptom and the I am exhausted and exhilarated having just finished this book。 There is no doubt in my mind that Mark Fisher was， and will continue to be， one of the most important thinkers of our time， may he rest in peace。 The breadth and depth of material here is awe-inspiring and his intellectual curiosity and rigorousness just plain inspiring。Regrettably， I did not take notes as I read this， but some of the standout moments that come to mind are his discussions of depression as a political symptom and the nature of capitalist realism， both of which will inform my worldview for the foreseeable future。Whether you pick up this book， one of his others， or dip into his blog， you would be hard pressed not to come away with some challenging new concept or perspective。 。。。more
Danny Mason
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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 anyo 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。 。。。more
Sebastián Báquiro Guerrero
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El internet de los blogs era muy distinto al actual。 Por supuesto， se debe atener a su actualidad y contexto， para ser vigente cada uno de estos textos。 La discusión puede no trascender ， o puede perderse， si no se encuadra en su justa medida temporal。 Sin embargo， las entradas de blog de K-punk son textos que， más allá de ser interesantes y siempre actuales （Ballard y el psicoanálisis son tan atemporales como el Batman de Nolan y Wall-E）， dan lugar a una escritura nada banal， a pesar de tratar El internet de los blogs era muy distinto al actual。 Por supuesto， se debe atener a su actualidad y contexto， para ser vigente cada uno de estos textos。 La discusión puede no trascender ， o puede perderse， si no se encuadra en su justa medida temporal。 Sin embargo， las entradas de blog de K-punk son textos que， más allá de ser interesantes y siempre actuales （Ballard y el psicoanálisis son tan atemporales como el Batman de Nolan y Wall-E）， dan lugar a una escritura nada banal， a pesar de tratar de Gran Hermano， por ejemplo; a una escritura que se alinea con con la idea de Zero Books; una escritura no académica pero sí intelectual。 Esta escritura es cada día más necesaria， en medio de eventualidades culturales que responden a dinámicas netamente capitalistas （la música reducida al hit y al featuring， la sobre explotación de la saga en el cine y la literatura， el antiintelectualismo de las derechas）， y de n pensamiento que se comporta cual animal huraño， que se resguarda en cuevas o torres de marfil。 La escritura es una forma de abordar y construir el mundo， por lo cual no debe reducirse a una forma de expresión del lenguaje como mera herramienta。 Mark Fisher lleva a la democratización del conocimiento por su escritura y a través del abordaje de temas que tienden a ser rechazados en los círculos intelectuales: los productos de la cultura。 。。。more
Dermonduebersoho
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Kauft bloß nicht die deutsche Übersetzung
Spencer Diver
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Fisher was most certainly one of the greatest philosophers and political polemicists of our time。 Witty， intelligent， and strangely optimistic， I find I put this book down feeling better about the world than when I picked it up。 In a time as turbulent as we now find ourselves immersed in， Fisher's writings on political strategy and capital feel like a steadying force， one that helps focus the movement one should aspire towards。 The only problem I have may have to do more with the way I read it t Fisher was most certainly one of the greatest philosophers and political polemicists of our time。 Witty， intelligent， and strangely optimistic， I find I put this book down feeling better about the world than when I picked it up。 In a time as turbulent as we now find ourselves immersed in， Fisher's writings on political strategy and capital feel like a steadying force， one that helps focus the movement one should aspire towards。 The only problem I have may have to do more with the way I read it than the book itself: it can be a tad repetitive。 It's a collection of blog posts， so it's a format that certainly benefits from the repitition in that sense， however， when reading it as a collected work， the references to Jameson， Deleuze/Guattari， Žižek， Lacan， Zupančič， "libidinization"， and how crap Franz Ferdinand are may be a bit frustrating。 。。。more
Semiotic Fluid
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rip mark <3
Veronica
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https://sweepsy。wordpress。com/2020/08。。。 https://sweepsy。wordpress。com/2020/08。。。 。。。more
Syddus
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