Ideology and the Virtual City is an exploration of modern society and the critical value of popular culture. It combines a prescient social theory that describes how ‘neoliberal’ ideology in today’s societies dominates our economic, political and cultural ideals, with an entertaining exploration of narratives, characters and play structures in some of today’s most interesting videogames. Jon Bailes is a researcher and author who writes extensively about ideology, neoliberalism and popular culture. He has a PhD in European Studies from University college London, has published numerous academic journal articles, and co-runs stateofnatureblog.com, a website featuring interviews with social and political theorists. He is also a freelance videogames critic, writing reviews and commentaries for The Guardian, Edge, Kotaku UK, Unwinnable, Wireframe and others. Relevant Book Ideology and the Virtual City by Jon Bailes https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/zer0-books/our-books/ideology-virtual-city Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubZeroBooks​​​​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZeroBooks/​​​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/zer0books​​​​ Zero Books Manifesto: The modern world is at an impasse. Disasters scroll across our smartphone screens and we’re invited to like, follow or upvote, but critical thinking is harder and harder to find. Rather than connecting us in common struggle and debate, the internet has sped up and deepened a long-standing process of alienation and atomization. Zer0 Books wants to work against this trend. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3yAarkeFL4

Varn and P.H. Higgins discuss the First International and its controversies, particularly focusing on the Italian sections of the international and how Anarchist Internationals became more and more Marxist over time despite themselves. Support Zero Books on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/zerobooks Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubZeroBooks Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZeroBooks/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/zer0books Zero Books Manifesto: The modern world is at an impasse. Disasters scroll across our smartphone screens and we’re invited to like, follow or upvote, but critical thinking is harder and harder to find. Rather than connecting us in common struggle and debate, the internet has sped up and deepened a long-standing process of alienation and atomization. Zero Books aims to work against this trend. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zeq9byrap1c

Support Zero Books on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/zerobooks Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubZeroBooks This is the second part of a two-part series on postmodern nihilism. Continuing on from Max Stirner and Nicholas Ray’s 1955 film Rebel Without a Cause, this video considers Fortnite, Martin Heidegger, Duck Game, Liam Mitchell’s new book Ludopolitics: Video Games Against Control, and Bitch Lasagna. Watch Part One: Jordan Peterson, Max Stirner, and Other Spooks https://youtu.be/7Z57w_DHpEo Zero Books Logo Animations and other animations donated by Brian Cole https://www.instagram.com/robotbloodco/ This video includes clips from YouTube Rewind 2018: Everyone Controls Rewind https://youtu.be/YbJOTdZBX1g Book Mentioned in this Video Ludopolitics: Video Games Against Control https://www.amazon.com/Ludopolitics-Videogames-against-Liam-Mitchell/dp/1785354884 Bash Bash Revolution https://www.amazon.com/Bash-Revolution-Douglas-Lain/dp/1597809160 Music Featured Bitch Lasagna 8bit version https://youtu.be/Dm5TjhIlB8A Macintosh Plus 420 on Guitar by The Guests https://theguests000.bandcamp.com/ The Music of Conradin Kreutzer https://publicdomainclassics.podbean.com/e/episode-15-music-of-conradin-kreutzer/ Philip Glass Improvisation by Torley https://youtu.be/nNiOqa1nWgI NMESH Warpzone https://youtu.be/n7zyMGr9VfE NMESH Dream Seqquins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa4hOFVGHIA "Canal Street Blues" King Oliver with Louis Armstrong https://youtu.be/B8iGDz1U58M Bitch Lasagna for 10 hours - by Davie504 https://youtu.be/fgcHhtQkYTs Macintosh Plus 420 8bit version https://youtu.be/C5kiTxb_J4M Support us on Patreon and get access to the Herding Cats: Capital Reading Group https://www.patreon.com/zerobooks Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZeroBooks/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/zer0books Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/zerobooks Zero Books Manifesto: The modern world is at an impasse. Disasters scroll across our smartphone screens and we’re invited to like, follow or upvote, but critical thinking is harder and harder to find. Rather than connecting us in common struggle and debate, the internet has sped up and deepened a long-standing process of alienation and atomization. Zer0 Books wants to work against this trend. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBLuJ6Ia_-o

We are glad to have the chance to mirror the youtuber PlasticPills recent video with Matthew McManus on our upcoming title “What is Postmodern Conservatism?” Can it be that today’s conservatives are postmodern? And are today’s blue-haired academic postmodernists conservative? Find out! PlasticPills on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9XFvuObhfVUNAGNcH8Y_fw Related Books What is Postmodern Conservatism? by Matthew McManus https://areomagazine.com/2019/07/11/a-preview-of-what-is-post-modern-conservatism-essays-on-our-hugely-tremendous-times/ Zero Books Logo Animations and other animations donated by Brian Cole Support Zero Books on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/zerobooks Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubZeroBooks Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZeroBooks/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/zer0books Zero Books Manifesto: The modern world is at an impasse. Disasters scroll across our smartphone screens and we’re invited to like, follow or upvote, but critical thinking is harder and harder to find. Rather than connecting us in common struggle and debate, the internet has sped up and deepened a long-standing process of alienation and atomization. Zer0 Books wants to work against this trend. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUvfKUcLADg