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NEW FROM VERSO: GENERAL INTELLECTS Twenty-One Thinkers for the Twenty First Century by McKenzie Wark https://www.versobooks.com/books/2446-general-intellects --------------- A guide to the thinkers and ideas that will shape the future What happened to the public intellectuals that used to challenge and inform us? Who is the Sartre or De Beauvoir of the internet age? General Intellects argues we no longer have such singular figures, but there are, instead, general intellects whose writing could, if read collectively, explain our times. Covering topics such as culture, politics, work, technology, and the Anthropocene, each chapter is a concise account of an individual thinker, providing useful context and connections to the work of the others. McKenzie Wark’s distinctive readings are appreciations, but are nonetheless critical of how neoliberal universities militate against cooperative intellectual work that endeavors to understand and also change the world. The thinkers included are Amy Wendling, Kojin Karatani, Paolo Virno, Yann Moulier Boutang, Maurizio Lazzarato, Franco “Bifo” Berardi, Angela McRobbie, Paul Gilroy, Slavoj Žižek, Jodi Dean, Chantal Mouffe, Wendy Brown, Judith Butler, Hiroki Azuma, Paul B. Préciado, Wendy Chun, Alexander Galloway, Timothy Morton, Quentin Meillassoux, Isabelle Stengers, and Donna Haraway. --------------- PAPERBACK: May 2017 / 336 pages / ISBN 9781786631909 / $26.95 / £16.99 / $35.99 (CAN) HARDBACK: May 2017 / ISBN 9781786632838 / $95.00 / £60.00 / $125.00 (CAN) ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN EBOOK GENERAL INTELLECTS is available at 30% discount (paperback) and 40% discount (ebook) on the Verso website: https://www.versobooks.com/ books/2446-general-intellects --------------- Visit Verso's website for information on our upcoming events, new reviews and publications and special offers: http://www.versobooks.com Sign up for the Verso mailing list: https://www.versobooks.com/users/sign_up Follow us online: Facebook https://facebook.com/VersoBks Twitter: http://twitter.com/VersoBooks Instagram: http://instagram.com/versobooks Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/18970808-verso-books