Critical Theory
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By: Jameson, Fredric
A Singular Modernity
$21.95PaperbackAdd to cartThe concepts of modernity and modernism are amongst the most controversial and vigorously debated in contemporary philosophy and cultural theory. In this intervention, Fredric Jameson–perhaps the mos… [more below]
- Series: Radical Thinkers
- Author: Jameson, Fredric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 16 2013
- ISBN10: 1781680221
- Language: English
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By: Alarcón, Norma
Forced by Circumstance: Chicana Feminist Essays (1981-2024)
$31.95PaperbackAdd to cartA landmark collection of the work of pioneering Chicana scholar, Norma Alarc?oacute;n.
Forced by Circumstance gathers in one volume foundational essays by, and interviews with one of the most highly
- Author: Alarcón, Norma
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 458
- Publish Date: December 02 2025
- ISBN10: 1951874102
- Language: English
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By: Kohpei, Henrike
Bourgeois Coldness
$18.95PaperbackAdd to cart‘Bourgeois coldness refers to an affective strategy that offers an explanation for how self-preservation works. Bourgeois coldness is one of the most advanced affective and aesthetic forms of preservi… [more below]
- Author: KohpeiŸ, Henrike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: January 26 2026
- ISBN10: 1739516125
- Language: English
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By: Robinson, Idris
The Revolt Eclipses Whatever the World Has to Offer
$16.95PaperbackAdd to cartA series of reflections surveying the events of an ailing country traversed by civil war on multiple fronts.
What is it to be Black in America? It is to be constantly given unsolicited advice on how t- Series: Semiotext(e) / Intervention
- Author: Robinson, Idris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 25 2025
- ISBN10: 1635902436
- Language: English
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By: Crary, Jonathan
24/7: Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep
$19.95PaperbackRead more“A fascinating short book” on the perils of 21st-century capitalism and its near-complete takeover of our everyday lives (New York Times Magazine)
24/7: Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep explores- Author: Crary, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 1804298409
- Language: English
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By: Broomfield, Matt
Hope Without Hope: Rojava and Revolutionary Commitment
$22.00PaperbackAdd to cartThe militants of Rojava, and the autonomous society they’ve built, teach us how to kindle hope for the tireless fight against oppression.
Drawing on three years living and working in Rojava (Syrian Kur
- Author: Broomfield, Matt
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 324
- Publish Date: July 15 2025
- ISBN10: 1849355665
- Language: English
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By: Boswell, Phoebe
Five Manifestos for the Beautiful World: The Alchemy Lecture
$37.43PaperbackAdd to cartThe second annual Alchemy Lecture brought together five artists, thinkers, and writers who proposed new ways of being and discussed radical visions for the future. Five Manifestos for the Beautiful Wo… [more below]
- Author: Boswell, Phoebe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: January 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1478032189
- Language: English
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By: Massumi, Brian
The Personality of Power: A Theory of Fascism for Anti-Fascist Life
$43.43PaperbackAdd to cart“I am the Chosen One!” With this exclamation Donald Trump crowns the national exceptionalism his base upholds with a claim of personal exceptionalism. He leaves no doubt as to the emotional note: “I a… [more below]
- Series: Thought in the ACT
- Author: Massumi, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 04 2025
- ISBN10: 147803159X
- Language: English
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By: Trueman, Carl R.
To Change All Worlds: Critical Theory from Marx to Marcuse
$34.99HardcoverAdd to cartCritical theory has many faces; its complexities and nuances present a challenge to those seeking to engage with its thought. In order to understand critical theory today, we must first understand it
- Author: Trueman, Carl R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1087754399
- Language: English
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By: Robbins, Bruce
Atrocity: A Literary History
$32.00HardcoverAdd to cartExploring literary representations of mass violence, Bruce Robbins traces the emergence of a cosmopolitan recognition of atrocity.
Mass violence did not always have a name. Like conquest, what we thi
- Author: Robbins, Bruce
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 294
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1503640558
- Language: English
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By: Zizek, Slavoj
Too Late to Awaken: What Lies Ahead When There Is No Future
$23.95PaperbackAdd to cartThe “most dangerous philosopher in the West” returns with a rousing and counterintuitive analysis of our global predicament.
Zizek’s most urgent and accessible book yet asks us all to imagine that cat- Author: Zizek, Slavoj
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: February 25 2025
- ISBN10: 1644214199
- Language: English
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By: Hui, Yuk
Post-Europe
$17.95PaperbackRead moreEnvisioning a post-European thinking: not through a neutralization of differences nor a return to tradition, but through an individuation of thinking between East and West.
With the unstoppable advanc- Author: Hui, Yuk
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 9798985423518
- Language: English
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By: Adorno, Theodor
Aesthetics and Politics
$19.95PaperbackAdd to cartAn intense and lively debate on literature and art between thinkers who became some of the great figures of twentieth-century philosophy and literature.
With an afterword by Fredric Jameson No other c- Author: Adorno, Theodor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 13 2020
- ISBN10: 1788738586
- Language: English
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By: McNeill, Z. Zane
Y’All Means All: The Emerging Voices Queering Appalachia
$22.00PaperbackAdd to cartY’all Means All is a celebration of the weird and wonderful aspects of a troubled region in all of their manifest glory! This collection is a thought-provoking hoot and a holler of “we’re queer and we
- Author: McNeill, Z. Zane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: April 12 2022
- ISBN10: 1629639141
- Language: English
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By: Quiquivix, Linda
Palestine 1492: A Report Back
$25.00PaperbackAdd to cartPalestine 1492 is a report back of what I see from 500 years of the struggle for life in words, maps, and images in the seven cardinal directions and in the spiral that is time.
In Maya geography, ther
- Author: Quiquivix, Linda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1737190036
- Language: English
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By: Rose, Gillian
Marxist Modernism: Introductory Lectures on Frankfurt School Critical Theory
$24.95PaperbackAdd to cartLectures on art, Marxism, and critical theory by the legendary philosopher, collected for the first time, with an afterword by Martin Jay
Marxist Modernism is a comprehensive yet concise and conversat- Author: Rose, Gillian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1804290114
- Language: English
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By: Stryker, Susan
When Monsters Speak: A Susan Stryker Reader
$25.95PaperbackAdd to cartSusan Stryker is a foundational figure in trans studies. When Monsters Speak showcases the development of Stryker’s writing from the 1990s to the present. It combines canonical pieces, such as “My Wor… [more below]
- Series: Asterisk
- Author: Stryker, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: July 30 2024
- ISBN10: 147803047X
- Language: English
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By: Jay, Martin
Immanent Critiques: The Frankfurt School Under Pressure
$29.95PaperbackRead moreThe Frankfurt School’s own legacy is best preserved by exercising an immanent critique of its premises and the conclusions to which they often led. By distinguishing between what is still and what is … [more below]
- Author: Jay, Martin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1804292524
- Language: English
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By: Dean, Aria
Bad Infinity: Selected Writings
$23.00PaperbackRead moreThe most significant critical, theoretical, and art historical texts by the artist, writer, and filmmaker Aria Dean.
Compiled here for the first time, the selected writings of Aria Dean (b. 1993, Los- Author: Dean, Aria
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 3956796470
- Language: English
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By: Bey, Marquis
Anarcho-Blackness: Notes Toward a Black Anarchism
$13.00PaperbackAdd to cartAnarcho-Blackness seeks to define the shape of a Black anarchism. Classical anarchism tended to avoid questions of race–specifically Blackness–as well as the intersections of race and gender. Bey ad
- Author: Bey, Marquis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: August 18 2020
- ISBN10: 1849353751
- Language: English
















