Description
In a new preface to this paperback edition, Susan Buck-Morss reflects on the events that have marked the world since the book was first published.
Thinking past the twin insanities of terrorism and counter-terrorism
About the Author
Susan Buck-Morss is Professor of Political Philosophy and Social Theory at Cornell University. She is the author of Dreamworld and Catastrophe: The Passing of Mass Utopia in East and West, The Dialectics of Seeing: Walter Benjamin and the Arcades Project and The Origin of Negative Dialectics: Theodor W. Adorno, Walter Benjamin and the Frankfurt Institute.
Reviews
An insightful and important new edition to critical theory for our century. * Clamor *
This is a highly appealing scenario of communication producing and illuminating dissent. * Bookforum *
Thoughtfully and insightfully written ... Thinking Past Terror looks forward to the goal of a cosmopolitan Left that can find unity and strength to remain viable in ever-changing times. * Bookwatch *
Susan Buck-Morss enables us to discover the Islamists as our neighbors: neither as fundamentalist fanatics unable to cope with modernity, nor as the exotic authentic Other, but as people sharing the same global predicament as ourselves. -- Slavoj Zizek
Book Information
ISBN 9781844675623
Author Susan Buck-Morss
Format Paperback
Page Count 160
Imprint Verso Books
Publisher Verso Books
Weight(grams) 166g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 127mm * 13mm