K-punk
The Collected and Unpublished Writings of Mark Fisher
Watkins Media · Print & ebook · November 13, 2018
A comprehensive collection of the writings of Mark Fisher (1968-2017), whose work defined critical writing for a generation.
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- Who it’s for
- Move between music, film, politics and mental health in a collection of Mark Fisher’s critical writing.
- Themes
- Politics and activism, Precarity, Mental health
- Genres
- Essay Collections, Critical Theory, Pop Culture Studies
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A comprehensive collection of the writings of Mark Fisher (1968-2017), whose work defined critical writing for a generation. This comprehensive collection brings together the work of acclaimed blogger, writer, political activist and lecturer Mark Fisher (aka k-punk).
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Covering the period 2004 - 2016, the collection will include some of the best writings from his seminal blog k-punk; a selection of his brilliantly insightful film, television and music reviews; his key writings on politics, activism, precarity, hauntology, mental health and popular modernism for numerous websites and magazines; his final unfinished introduction to his planned work on "Acid Communism"; and a number of important interviews from the last decade. Edited by Darren Ambrose and with a foreword by Simon Reynolds.
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Move between music, film, politics and mental health in a collection of Mark Fisher’s critical writing.
Come here for
- Sharp cultural criticism across blogs, reviews, essays and interviews
- The meeting point of popular culture and political thought
Expect
- Writing from 2004–2016, including an unfinished introduction to “Acid Communism”
- A varied collection, rather than one continuous argument
Where it sits
| Essay Collections | 31% |
|---|---|
| Pop Culture Studies | 29% |
| Critical Theory | 21% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- 20th-Century Literary Criticism
- Political Writing
- Pop Culture Studies
- Authors
- Mark Fisher, Darren Ambrose
- Publisher
- Watkins Media
- Published
- November 13, 2018
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Politics and activism · Precarity · Mental health
- Reading lane
- 20th-Century Literary Criticism