Chris wrote:
> For another publisher of smaller books, Dominic's book, Cold World,
> published by 0 books, as in zero books... and worth reading, although I
> am reading in small parts
>
> http://www.o-books.com/obookssite/book/detail/349
Hey, haven't I heard that name somewhere?
Dominic Fox:
Cold World: The Aesthetics of Dejection and the Politics of Militant
Dysphoria
Doesn't seem to be buyable directly from 0 Books, but available from
amazon.com for $11.66 and from amazon.co.uk for £4.96. [Under a fiver for a
nearly hundred page book don't seem half bad for value, guv.]
Buying in the UK seems the cheaper option, so I'll go for that. (An
advantage of bi-continentality.)
Robin
{{ For those in doubt, amazon in its charity allows potential purchasers
to Peek Inside first in this case. More details:
Product Description
To live well in the world one must be able to enjoy it: to love, Freud says,
and work. Dejection is the state of being in which such enjoyment is no
longer possible. There is an aesthetic dimension to dejection, in which the
world appears in a new light. In this book, the dark serenity of dejection
is examined through a study of the poetry of Hopkins and Coleridge, and the
music of depressive black metal artists such as Burzum and Xasthur. The
author then develops a theory of militant dysphoria via an analysis of the
writings of the Red Army Fraction's activist-theoretician, Ulrike Meinhof.
The book argues that the cold world of dejection is one in which new
creative and political possibilities, as well as dangers, can arise. It is
not enough to live well in the world: one must also be able to affirm that
another world is possible.
Product Details
* Paperback: 96 pages
* Publisher: Zero Books (November 16, 2009)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1846942179
* ISBN-13: 978-1846942174
* Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.3 inches
* Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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* Amazon.com Sales Rank: #559,415 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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