DoestheEarthCare?
Endlings
Endlings providesausefulandthough�uldiscussionof speciesconcepts:howspeciesstartandhow(andwhy) theyend,whatitmeanstobea“charisma�c"species, theeffectsofrewilding,andwhatmakesspecies ex�nc�ondifferentinthisera.FromBenjaminthe thylacinetoCeliatheibextoLonesomeGeorgethe Galápagostortoise,endlings,Pyneshows,havethe powertoshapehowwethinkaboutgrief,mourning,and lossamidtheworld'ssixthmassex�nc�on.
UniversityofMinnesotaPress
MargretGrebowicz
Anendlingisthelastknownindividualofaspecies;when thatindividualdies,thespeciesbecomesex�nct.These “lastindividuals"arepoignantcharactersinthestories thathumanstellthemselvesabouttoday's Anthropocene.Inthisevoca�vework,LydiaPyne exploreshowdiscussionaboutendlings—howwetell theirhistories—drawsondeeptradi�onsofstorytelling acrossavarietyofnarra�vetypesthatgowellbeyondthe scienceofthesespecies'biologyortheirevolu�onary history.
August202280pp 9781517914608£9.00PB
UniversityofMinnesotaPress
LydiaPyne
SeekingEnergyJustice
MovementsandProtocolsforaPostdigital Education
July202298pp 9781517913212£9.00PB
SabinaE.Vaught,BryanMcKinleyJones Brayboy&ChinJeremiah
Aswebecomemoreandmoreobsessedwithimagining ourselvesasbenevolentrescuersofdogs,itisincreasingly clearthatitisdogswhoarerescuingus.Butfromwhat? Exploringadop�on,work,food,andtraining,thisbook considersthesocialasfundamentallymore-than-human andarguesthatthefuturebelongstodogs—andthe humanstheyarepullingalong.
Indifference,Providence,andProvisional Ecology
July2022142pp
Theworldischanging.Progressnolongerhasafuture butanyearliersenseofEarthas“providen�al”seemsof merelyhistoricalinterest.Theapparentabsenceof Earthlysolicitudeisasymptomandconsequenceofthese successiveWesternmodesofengagementwiththe Earth,nowexemplifiedinglobalcapitalism.Withinthese constructs,Earthcanonlyappearascons�tu�vely indifferenttothefateofallitsinhabitants.The “provisionalecology”outlinedinDoestheEarthCare?— drawingonavarietyofliteraryandphilosophicalsources fromRichardJefferiesandRobertMacfarlanetoMar�n HeideggerandGaiatheory—fundamentallychallenges thatassump�on,whileofferinganEarthlyalterna�veto eithercoldrealismoralienateddespairinthefaceof impendingecologicaldisaster.
TheSchool-PrisonTrust
9781517914837£9.00PB
May20221blackandwhiteillustra�on92pp 9781517914141£9.00PB
MickSmith&JasonYoung
Forerunnersisathought-in-processseriesofbreakthroughdigitalworks,publishedbythe UniversityofMinnesotaPress.Writtenbetweenfreshideasandfinishedbooks,Forerunners drawsonscholarlyworkinitiatedinnotableblogs,socialmedia,conferenceplenaries,journal articles,andthesynergyofacademicexchange.Thisisgrayliteraturepublishing:where intensethinking,change,andspeculationtakeplaceinscholarship.
August2022106pp
9781517914264£9.00PB
UniversityofMinnesotaPress
PeterHyland&TysonE.Lewis
StudiousDrift
Solarities
OnDogsandTheirHumans
Theglobalpandemichasunderscoredcontemporary relianceondigitalenvironments.Thisispar�cularlytrue amongschoolsanduniversi�es,which,inresponse, shi�edmuchoftheirinstruc�ononline.Becausetherise ofe-learninglogics,ed-techindustries,andenterprise learning-managementsystemsallthreatentofurther commodifyandinstrumentalizehighereduca�on,these technologiesandpla�ormshavetobecrea�velyand cri�callystruggledover. StudiousDri� intervenesinthis strugglebyrevivingtherela�onshipbetweenstudying andthegenera�vespaceofthestudioinserviceof advancingeduca�onalexperimenta�onforaworld wheredigitaltoolshavebecomeapermanentpartof educa�on.DrawingonAlfredJarry’spataphysics,the “scienceofimaginarysolu�ons,”itrevealshowthestudio isaspace-�memachinecapableoftravelingbeyondthe limitsofconven�onalonlinelearningtoredefine educa�onasinterdisciplinary,experimental,publicstudy.
Forerunners
June2022132pp 9781517913205£9.00PB
Followingthestoriesofanincarceratedyoungman namedJakes,theauthorsconsiderfeaturesofschool–prisonrela�onsforyoungNa�vepeopletoaskurgent ques�onsaboutIndigenoussovereignty,conquest, survivance,andrefusal.
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UniversityofMinnesotaPress
FablesfortheAnthropocene
Here,adiversecollec�veofac�vists,scholars,and prac��onerscri�callyengageawiderangeof rela�onshipsandorienta�onstothesun.Theyconsider thematerialandinfrastructuraldimensionsofsolar power,thedecolonialandfeministpromisesof decentralizedenergy,solarianrela�onswithmore-thanhumankin,andtheproblemofoppressiveand weaponizedsolari�es. Solari�es imagines—and demands—possibili�esforenergyjus�ceinthis transi�on.
EditedbyAyeshaVemuri&DarinBarney
TheSchool–PrisonTrust describesinterrelatedhistories, ongoingideologies,andcontemporaryexpressionsof whattheauthorscallthe“school–prisontrust”:a conqueststrategyencompassingtheboardingschooland juvenileprisonmodels,anddeployedinthelongwar againstNa�vepeoples.Atitsheart,thebookisa constella�onofstoriesofIndigenousself-determina�on inthefaceofthisongoingconquest.
UniversityofMinnesotaPress
RescueMe
Solari�es considersthepossibili�esoforganizingsocie�es andeconomiesaroundsolarenergy,andthechallenges ofajustandequitabletransi�onawayfromfossilfuels. Farfrompresen�ngsolarityasautopiansolu�ontothe climatecrisis,itcri�callyexaminestheambiguous poten�alsofsolari�es:plural,situated,ando�en contradictory.
9781517913564£9.00PB
January202298pp 9781517913397£9.00PB
#TheorizingTiqqun
March202296pp 9781517913557£9.00PB
Partpersonalmemoir,partphilosophicalreflec�on andwri�eninthemidstofthepandemicin2021, TheWorldIsGoneemploystheRobinsonCrusoe fabletolaunchanexisten�alinves�ga�onofthe effectsofextremeisola�on,profoundboredom, nightlyinsomnia,andthefearofmadness associatedwiththelossofaworldpopulatedby others.
May2022112pp
OutofBreath VulnerabilityofAirinContemporaryArt CaterinaAlbano
SafetyOrangefirstemergedinthe1950sasa bureaucra�ccolorstandardintechnicalmanuals andfederalregula�onsintheUnitedStates.Today itismostvisibleinthecontextsofterror, pandemic,andenvironmentalalarmsystems; trafficcontrol;worksafety;andmassincarcera�on. Inrecentdecades,thecolorhasbecome ubiquitousinAmericanpubliclife—amarkerofthe extremepolesofstateoversightand abandonment,ofcapitalistexcessandderelic�on. Itsunprecedentedsatura�onencodesthetracking ofthosebodies,neighborhoods,and infrastructuresjudgedasworthyofcare—and thosedeemeddangerousandexpendable. Here,AnnaWatkinsFisherusesSafetyOrangeas aninterpre�vekeyfortheorizingtheuneven distribu�onofsafetyandcareintwenty-firstcenturyU.S.publiclifeandforponderingwhatthe colortellsusaboutneoliberalism’sintensifying impacto�enhidinginplainsightinordinaryand commonplacephenomena.
AndreaJonsson&HeatherWarrenCrow
February2022130pp 9781517913373£9.00PB
Young-GirlsinEcholand
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UniversityofMinnesotaPress
PhilosophyinLightofthePandemic
TheOwlsAreNotWhatTheySeem isaselec�vehistory ofmodernandcontemporaryengagementswithanimals inthevisualartsandhowtheseexplora�onsrelatetothe evolu�onofscien�ficknowledgeregardinganimals.
December2021126pp 9781517913021£9.00PB
Thoughcri�calofartworksinvolvinganimalsthatare unreflec�veandexploita�ve,Gerspacher’sexplora�onof aesthe�cprac�cesbyAllora&Calzadilla,PierreHuyghe, AgnieszkaKurant,ArayaRasdjarmrearnsook,Mar�n Roth,DavidWeber-Krebs,andotherssuggeststhat, alongsidescien�ficprac�ces,arthasmuchtoofferin revealingtheotherworldlyquali�esofanimalsand forgingecopoli�calsolidari�eswithfellowearthlings.
GrantFarred
OnlyaBlackAthleteCanSave UsNow
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UniversityofMinnesotaPress
Star�ngwiththerefusalofGeorgeHillofthe MilwaukeeBuckstopar�cipateinanAugust2020 playoffgamefollowingtheshoo�ngofJacobBlake bypoliceinKenosha,Wisconsin,GrantFarred showshowtheCovid-restrictedNBA“bubble” releasedanenergythatspurredathletesinto radicalac�on.Theydisruptedathle�cnormalcy, andintheirgriefandrageagainstAmericanracism theydemonstratedthetrueprogressivismlacking ineventhemostreformist-mindedpoli�ciansand pundits.Farredgoesontotracetheradicalismof blackathletesinanumberofsports,includingthe WNBA,women’stennis,theNFL,andNASCAR, loca�ngcontemporaryathletesinalineagethat runsthroughMuhammadAliaswellasTommy SmithandJohnCarlosatthe1968Olympics.
GreggLambert
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TheOwlsAreNotWhatThey Seem
TheWorldIsGone
Examinestheculturalsignificanceofbreathandair toawidearrayofforcesinourmidst,including economy,poli�cs,infec�on,andecological violence.Throughaconsidera�onofrecentart prac�cesandprojects,includingthedanceproject BreathCatalogue,whichmakesvisiblethe breathingpa�ernsofdancers,andForensic Architecture’sCloudStudiesvideo,which inves�gateseightdifferentkindsofcloudsfrom airstrikestoherbicidestoteargas,Albanofocuses onbreathasbothanintui�veprocessanda conveyerofmeanings.
ConceivedinresponsetotheCovid-19pandemic andsystemicinequali�esthatithaslaidbare,Out ofBreathshowsthepoten�alofar�s�cprac�ces tomobilizeaffectasaformofculturalandpoli�cal cri�que.
SafetyOrange
UniversityofMinnesotaPress
February2022114pp 9781517913380£9.00PB
ArnaudGerspacherarguesthatar�s�cknowledge,with itsexperimentalnature,abilitytocontaincontradic�ons, andmorecapaciousunderstandingoftruth-claims, presentsavaluablesupplementtoscien�ficknowledge whenitcomestoencounteringandexis�ngalongside nonhumananimalsandlifeworlds.
AnnaWatkinsFisher
Morethantwentyyearsa�eritspublica�onthe interna�onalreverbera�onofYoung-Girlsshows nosignsofweakening.Thisbookisaguidetothis ongoingpostdigitalconversa�on,engagingwith artworksandtextualcri�cismprovokedbyTiqqun’s audacious,arguablymisogynis�ctextualvoice. ShowshowTiqqun’spolarizingfigurehasgrown andmaturedbutalsostayedunapologe�callygirly intheworksofar�stsandscholarsdiscussedhere. RethinkingthemythofEchoandNarcissusby performingadifferentkindoflistening,theytake usonajourneyfromVSCOgirlstobasicbitchesto vampires.Offersamodelforanalyzingthecall-andresponseofpopphilosophyandforhearingthe affec�verhythmsofcommunica�vecapitalism.
ArtistasEthologist ArnaudGerspacher
UniversityofMinnesotaPress
TheGlobalShelterImaginary
September202196pp 9781517912222£9.00PB
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Considersthe�meleadinguptotheCOVID-19 pandemicandtheensuingglobalplummetin commercialflight.Mobilitystudiesscholar ChristopherSchabergtoursthenewlyopened airportterminaloutsideofNewOrleans(MSY)in late2019,andgoesontosurveythebroadcultural landscapeofemptyairportsandgroundedplanes intheearlymonthsofthenovelcoronavirus’s spreadin2020.Thebookculminatesinareflec�on onthefutureofairtravel:whatmayunfold,and whatpartsofcommercialflightarealmostcertainly relicsofthepast.Groundedblendsjournalis�c reportagewithculturaltheoryandphilosophical inquiryinordertooffergraspableinsightsaswell asas�ngingcri�queofcontemporaryairtravel.
Exploring“theglobalshelterimaginary,”thisbook chartsthewaysshelterfunc�onsasaformof rightlessreliefthatexpelsrecogni�onoftherights ofthedisplacedandadvancespoli�calparadoxes ofdisplacementitself.
JoshuaSchuster&DerekWoods
Grounded
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HowMigrantSufferingSustainsWhite Democracy
FromtheIKEAFounda�on’sBe�erShelterto Airbnb’sOpenHomesprogram,theconsumer economyhasengagedtheglobalrefugeecrisis withseeminglynewtac�csthatnormalizean ins�tu�onallysanc�onedpoli�csofevasion.
CristinaBeltrán
TheCaseagainsttheProfessional ManagerialClass
December202096pp 9781517911959£9.00PB
Adeepmedita�ononandexpansionofthefigure oftheNegroandinsurrec�onaryeffectsofthe“X" astheorizedbyNahumChandler,TheProblemof theNegroasaProblemforGenderthinksthrough theproblema�zingeffectsofblacknessas,too,a problema�zingofgender.Throughthe paraontological,thebetween,andthefigureofthe “X"(withitsexplicitcontemporarylinkto nonbinaryandtransgenders)MarquisBey presentsamedita�ononblackfeminismand gendernonnorma�vity.Chandler'stextservesas bothanargumenta�vetoolforrenderingthe “radicalalterna�ve"inandasblacknessaswellas demonstra�ngthenecessarilytrans/gendered valencesofthatradicalalterna�ve.
Morethanadecadebeforetheelec�onofDonald Trump,vitriolicanddehumanizingrhetoricagainst migrantswasalreadypartofthena�onal conversa�on.Situa�ngthecontemporarydebate onimmigra�onwithinAmerica'shistoryof indigenousdispossession,cha�elslavery,the Mexican-AmericanWar,andJimCrow,Cris�na Beltránrevealswhitesupremacytobewhite democracy—apar�cipatoryprac�ceofracial violence,domina�on,andexclusionthatgave whiteci�zenstherighttobothwieldandexceed thelaw.S�ll,Beltránseescauseforhopein growingmovementsformigrantandracialjus�ce.
UniversityofMinnesotaPress
TheProblemoftheNegroasa ProblemforGender
PerpetualFlight...andThenthePandemic
IkeaHumanitarianismandRightlessRelief AndrewHerscher&
January202190pp 9781517912253£9.00PB
CatherineLiu
DanielBertrandMonk
CalamityTheory
CrueltyasCitizenship
ThreeCritiquesofExistentialRisk
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ChristopherSchaberg
Anewphilosophicalfieldhasemerged.“Existen�al risk”studiesanyrealorhypothe�calhuman ex�nc�oneventinthenearordistantfuture.This movementexaminescatastrophesrangingfrom runawayglobalwarmingtonuclearwarfareto malevolentar�ficialintelligence,deployinga curiousmixofu�litarianethics,sta�s�calrisk analysis,and,controversially,atranshuman advocacythatwouldaimtosupersedealmostall ex�nc�onscenarios.Theproponentsofexisten�al riskthinking,ledbyOxfordphilosopherNick Bostrom,haveseentheirworkgainimmense popularity,a�rac�ngendorsementfromBillGates andElonMusk,millionsofdollars,andmillionsof views.CalamityTheoryisthefirstbooktoexamine theriseofthisthinkinganditsfailuresto acknowledgethewayssomecommuni�esand lifewaysaremoreatriskthanothersandwhatit impliesabouthumanex�nc�on.
UniversityofMinnesotaPress
VirtueHoarders
ProfessionalManagerialClass(PMC)elite workerslaborinaworldofperforma�ve iden�tyandvirtuesignaling,publicizingan abilitytodoordinarythingsinfundamentally superiorways.AuthorCatherineLiushowshow thePMCstandsinthewayofsocialjus�ceand economicredistribu�onbypromo�ng meritocracy,philanthropy,andotherselfservingopera�onstoabetanindividualistpath toabe�erworld.VirtueHoardersisan unapologe�callypolemicalcalltorejectmaking avirtueoutoftasteandconsump�onhabits.
Series:Forerunners:IdeasFirst
MarquisBey
UniversityofMinnesotaPress October2020136pp 9781517911928£9.00PB
UniversityofMinnesotaPress December202092pp 9781517912024£9.00PB
November2021136pp 9781517912918£9.00PB
Thefuturehasbecomeincreasinglydifficultto imagine.Wemightbeabletopredictafew events,butimagininghowloomingdisasters willcoincideissimultaneouslynecessaryand impossible.Drawingonspecula�vefic�onand socialtheory,TheoryfortheWorldtoComeis thebeginningofaconversa�onabouttheories thatmovebeyondnihilis�cconcep�onsofthe capitalism-causedAnthropoceneandtoward genera�vebodiesofthoughtthatprovoke crea�vewaysofthinkingabouttheworld ahead.Ma�hewJ.Wolf-Meyerdrawsonsuch authorsasKimStanleyRobinsonandOctavia Butler,andengageswithafrofuturism, indigenousspecula�vefic�on,andfilmsfrom the1970sand’80stohelpthinkdifferently aboutthefutureanditspossibili�es.
Whatdoesitmeanfortranspeopletoshowup foroneanother,tocaredeeplyforoneanother? Howhavefailuresofcareshapedtranslives? Whatcareprac�ceshavetranssubjectsand communi�escul�vatedinthewakeof widespreadtransphobiaandsystemicformsof transexclusion?
Nogeologyisneutral,writesKathrynYusoff. TracingthecolorlineoftheAnthropocene,A BillionBlackAnthropocenesorNoneexamines howthegrammarofgeologyisfounda�onalto establishingtheextrac�veeconomiesof subjec�velifeandtheearthundercolonialism andslavery.Yusoffini�atesatransdisciplinary conversa�onbetweenfeministblacktheory, geography,andtheearthsciences,addressing thepoli�csoftheAnthropocenewithinthe contextofrace,materiality,deep�me,andthe a�erlivesofgeology.
TransCare HilMalatino
SpeculativeFictionandApocalyptic Anthropology
August2020100pp 9781517911003£9.00PB
Toliveinthisworldistobecondi�onedbycapital. OncepairedwithWesterndemocracy,unfe�ered capitalismhasledtoashrinkingeconomicsystem thatsqueezesoutbillionsofpeople—crea�nga planetofsurpluspopula�ons.WagelessLifeisa manifestoforbuildingafuturebeyondthetoxic failuresoflate-stagecapitalism.Daringtoimagine newsocialrela�ons,newmodesofeconomic existence,andnewcollec�veworlds,theauthors provideskillsandtoolsforperceiving—andliving in—apost-capitalistfuture.
Profilesandproblema�zesdigitalgamesthat depictAtlan�cslaveryand“gamify”slave resistance.Invideogamesemphasizingplanta�on labor,theplayermaychoosetocommitsmallacts ofresistanceliketool-breakingorworkingslowly. Othersdrama�callystagetheslave’schoicetoflee enslavementandjourneynorthward,andsome depictoutrightviolentrevoltagainstthemaster andhisapparatus.Inthiswork,SarahJulietLauro ques�onswhetherthereduc�onofahistorical enslavedpersontoadigitalcommodityingames suchasMissionUS,Assassin’sCreed,andFreedom Cryoughttotroubleusasafurther commodifica�onofslavery’svic�ms,orwhether theseinterac�veexperiencesofferanempowering commemora�onofthehistoryofslaveresistance.
December2019142pp
UniversityofMinnesotaPress
UniversityofMinnesotaPress
UniversityofMinnesotaPress
JenniferGabrys
TransCareisacri�calinterven�oninhowcare laborandcareethicshavebeenthought, arguingthatdominantmodesofconceivingand cri�quingthepoli�csanddistribu�onofcare entrenchnorma�veandcis-centricfamilial structuresandgenderedarrangements.A seriousconsidera�onoftranssurvivaland flourishingrequiresaradicalrethinkingofhow careoperates.
MatthewJ.Wolf-Meyer
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September202072pp 9781517911188£9.00PB
Sensorsareincreasinglycommonwithinci�zensensingandDIYprojects,butthesedeviceso�en requiretheuseofahow-toguide.Fromonline instruc�onalvideosfortroubleshoo�ngsensor installa�onstohandbooksforusingandabusing theInternetofThings,thehow-togenresand formatsofdigitalinstruc�oncon�nuetoexpand anddevelop.Asthehow-toproliferates,and instruc�onsunfoldthroughmul�pleaspectsof technoscien�ficprac�ces,JenniferGabrysaskswhy thehow-tohasbecomeoneoftheprevailing genresofthedigital.HowtoDoThingswith Sensorsexploresthewaysinwhichthingsare madedo-ablewithandthroughsensorsand furtherconsidershowworldsaremadesense-able andac�onablethroughtheinstruc�onalmodeof ci�zen-sensingprojects.
WagelessLife
August2019106pp 9781517908317£9.00PB
KathrynYusoff
UniversityofMinnesotaPress
UniversityofMinnesotaPress April2019116pp 9781517907808£9.00PB
KilltheOverseer!
TheoryfortheWorldtoCome
AManifestoforaFuturebeyondCapitalism
IanG.R.Shaw&MarvWaterstone
HowtoDoThingswithSensors
TheGamificationofSlaveResistance SarahJulietLauro
ABillionBlackAnthropocenes orNone
9781517909260£9.00PB
UniversityofMinnesotaPress November2018130pp 9781517907532£9.00PB
DarkDeleuze
UniversityofMinnesotaPress
TheAnthrobscene
AFeministCounterapocalypse
Sinceitsintroduc�onin2009,Bitcoinhasbeen widelypromotedasadigitalcurrencythatwill revolu�onizeeverythingfromonlinecommerceto thena�on-state.YetsupportersofBitcoinandits blockchaintechnologysubscribetoaformof cyberlibertarianismthatdependstoasurprising extentonfar-rightpoli�calthought.ThePoli�csof Bitcoinexposeshowmuchoftheeconomicand poli�calthoughtonwhichthiscryptocurrencyis basedemergesfromideasthattravelthegamut, fromMiltonFriedman,F.A.Hayek,andLudwigvon MisestoFederalReserveconspiracytheorists.
JoannaZylinska
October201460pp
NoSpeedLimit
Smartphones,laptops,tablets,ande-readersall atone�meheldthepromiseofamore environmentallyhealthyworldnotdependent onpaperanddeforesta�on.Theresultofour ubiquitousdigitallivesis,asweseeinThe Anthrobscene,actuallyquitetheopposite:not ecologicalhealthbutanenvironmental wasteland,wheremedianeverdie.JussiParikka cri�quescorporateandhumandesiresasa geophysicalforce,analyzingthematerialsideof theearthasessen�alfortheexistenceofmedia andintroducingtheno�onofanalterna�ve deep�meinwhichmedialiveoninthelayerof toxicwastewewillleavebehindasour geologicallegacy.
WheretheAnthropocenehasbecomelinkedtoan apocalyp�cnarra�ve,andwherethisnarra�ve carriesawidespreadescapistbeliefthatsalva�on willcomefromasupernaturalelsewhere,Joanna Zylinskahasadifferenttake.TheEndofMan rethinkstheprophecyoftheendofhumans, interroga�ngtheriseinpopulismaroundtheworld andofferinganethicalvisionofa“feminist counterapocalypse,”whichchallengesmanyofthe masculinistandtechnicistsolu�onstoour planetarycrises.Thebookisaccompaniedbya shortphoto-film,ExitMan,whichul�matelyasks:If unbridledprogressisnolongeranop�on,what kindsofcoexistencesandcollabora�onsdowe createinitsa�ermath?
FrenchphilosopherGillesDeleuzeisknownasa thinkerofcrea�on,joyousaffirma�on,and rhizoma�cassemblages.Inthisshortbook,Andrew Culppolemicallyarguesthatthisonce-radical canonofjoyhaslostitsresistancetothepresent. Conceptscreatedtodefeatcapitalismhavebeen recycledintobusinessmantrasthatjoyouslyaffirm “Powerisver�cal;poten�alishorizontal!”
ThreeEssaysonAccelerationism
TheEndofMan
AThirdUniversityIsPossible lapaperson
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March201878pp
June2017100pp 9781517902087£9.00PB
ThePoliticsofBitcoin
Otherauthorshavedebatedtheprosandconsof accelera�onistpoli�cs;NoSpeedLimitmakesthe caseforanaccelera�onistaesthe�cs.Ourpresent momentisilluminated,bothforgoodandforill,in thecrackedmirrorofscience-fic�onalfuturity.
DrawingparallelstoThirdCinemaandBlack filmmakingassemblages,AThirdUniversityis Possibleul�matelypresentsnewwaysofusing languagetodevelopaframeworkforhotwiring university“machines”totheprac�calworkof decoloniza�on.
AndrewCulp
UniversityofMinnesotaPress
September2016100pp 9781517901806£9.00PB
June201690pp 9781517901332£9.00PB
UniversityofMinnesotaPress
January201560pp 9780816697670£9.00PB
UniversityofMinnesotaPress
SoftwareasRight-WingExtremism
StevenShaviro
9781517905590£9.00PB
JussiParikka
9780816696079£8.00PB
AThirdUniversityisPossibleunravelsthein�mate rela�onshipbetweenthemorethan200USland grantins�tu�ons,Americanse�lercolonialism, andcontemporaryuniversityexpansion.Authorla papersoncracksopenuncannyconnec�ons betweenIndianboardingschools,Blackeduca�on, andmissionaryschoolsinKenya;andbetweenthe DepartmentofHomelandSecurityandthe UniversityofCalifornia.Centraltolapaperson’s discussionisthe“scyborg,”adecolonizingagentof technologicalsubversion.
Accelera�onismisthebastardoffspringofafur�ve liaisonbetweenMarxismandsciencefic�on.Its basicpremiseisthattheonlywayoutistheway through:togetbeyondcapitalism,weneedtopush itstechnologiestothepointwheretheyexplode. Thismaybedubiousasapoli�calstrategy,butit worksasapowerfular�s�cprogram.
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UniversityofMinnesotaPress
CulprecoverstheDeleuze’sforgo�ennega�vity.He unse�lestheprevailinginterpreta�onthroughan undergroundnetworkofreferencestoconspiracy, cruelty,theterroroftheoutside,andtheshameof beinghuman.Ul�mately,herekindlesopposi�on towhatisintolerableaboutthisworld.
DavidGolumbia