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Molecular Red: Theory for the Anthropocene

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Molecular Red: Theory for the Anthropocene

Radical new critical theory for the twenty-first century

In Molecular Red, McKenzie Wark creates philosophical tools for the Anthropocene, our new planetary epoch, in which human and natural forces are so entwined that the future of one determines that of the other.

Wark explores the implications of Anthropocene through the story of two empires, the Soviet and then the American. The fall of the former prefigures that of the latter. From the ruins of these mighty histories, Wark salvages ideas to help us picture what kind of worlds collective labor might yet build. From the Russian revolution, Wark unearths the work of Alexander Bogdanovâ€”Leninâ€™s rivalâ€”as well as the great Proletkult writer and engineer Andrey Platonov.

The Soviet experiment emerges from the past as an allegory for the new organizational challenges of our time. From deep within the Californian military-entertainment complex, Wark retrieves Donna Harawayâ€™s cyborg critique and science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinsonâ€™s Martian utopia as powerful resources for rethinking and remaking the world that climate change has wrought. Molecular Red proposes an alternative realism, where hope is found in what remains and endures.

Country	USA
Author	McKenzie Wark
Binding	Paperback
Brand	imusti
EAN	9781784784089
Edition	Reprint
Feature	Verso
ISBN	9781784784089
Label	Verso
Manufacturer	Verso
MPN	44583355
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	304
PartNumber	44583355
PublicationDate	2016-10-25
Publisher	Verso
ReleaseDate	2016-10-25
Studio	Verso

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