Author: Megan Shaw Prelinger File Type: pdf This, the second anthology of their writing, collects the Bad Subjects Collectives most interesting and provocative articles from the last six years. Covering diverse personal and political ground, the contributors explore cultural and media studies, racial identities, sexual politics, globalization, alternative communities, activism, the complexities of history, alternative consciousness and many other topics, in an incendiary mix of political radicalism and rigourous debate thats intended to provoke further discussion among academics and activists worldwide. Contributors include Doug Henwood, Richard D. Wolff, Annalee Newitz, Rick Prelinger, David Hawkes, Joel Schalit, Megan Shaw Prelinger, John Brady, Arturo Aldama, Joe Lockard, Jonathan Sterne, Charlie Bertsch, Mike Mosher, Cynthia Hoffman, Kim Nicolini, J.C. Myers, Scott Schaffer, Fred Aldama, Zach Furness, Elisabeth Hurst, Matt Wray, Tomas Sandoval and Viet Thanh Nguyen. Bad Subjects is a collective that seeks to revitalize progressive politics in retreat. We think too many people on the left have taken their convictions for granted. So we challenge progressive dogma by encouraging readers to think about the political dimension to all aspects of everyday life. From the Bad Subjects manifestoReviewFor left-wing graduate students and intellectuals who want to reach a larger audience than other academics, and who would like to develop a more seductive and appealing language than neo-Marxist or post-structuralist jargon. --Elaine Showalter, Times Literary Supplement Some of the most straightforward, readable, and most importantly, relevant prose youre likely to find. --San Francisco Bay Guardian About the AuthorBased in California, Bad Subjects is one of the oldest online publications in the world. Its readership spans from the US and the UK to South Korea and Argentina. With the publication of Collective Action, Bad Subjects celebrates ten years of online activism and global political discussion.

Author: Jodi Dean File Type: pdf A critical introduction to the political thought of one of the most important, original and enigmatic philosophers writing today. Zizeks Politics provides an original interpretation and defence of the Slovenian philosophers radical critique of liberalism, democracy, and global capital.ReviewA goldmine of ideas. - The British Journal of Neurosurgery The neuropsychology of attention has developed rapidly. This book gives an admirable overview of the state of the art, and I hope that many readers will perceive it as a goldmine of ideas - as I did. - Adriaan H. van Zomeren, Department of Neurology, Groningen University Hospital, The Netherlands About the AuthorJodi Dean teaches political theory at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York. She has authored and edited eight books, including Aliens in America (1998), Publicitys Secret (2002), and, with Paul A. Passavant, Empires New Clothes Reading Hardt and Negri (Routledge 2004).