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In Memoriam: Mark Fisher
Mark Fisher's fans, friends, and colleagues remember the author of "Capitalist Realism" and "The Weird and the Eerie."
DAN HASSLER-FOREST
I FIRST HEARD Mark Fisher’s name in graduate school at a time when I was just like Jon Snow from Game of Thrones: I felt like I was constantly being reminded of the obvious and painful fact that I truly knew nothing. While flailing around to get my dissertation started, I happened across Capitalist Realism just when I needed it most. Here, at last, I had found a book that that demonstrated the vital function of cultural theory in the 21st century, and did it in a way that was incisive, accessible, energizing, and an absolute joy to read.
More than merely formative, this book became a defining influence for my writing, my teaching, and my experience of everyday life under neoliberal capitalism. Having previously experienced critical and cultural theory as something inherently Complex, Challenging, and Difficult, Mark’s elegant, concise, and crystal-clear writing made theory seem not just easy to understand, but also vital and urgent in our daily lives. He explained, applied, and combined theoretical concepts from notoriously baroque theorists like Fredric Jameson, Slavoj Žižek, a
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The Master's slave, Elijah John Fisher :
a biography /
by his son, Miles Mark Fisher with an introduction by the Rev. Lacey Kirk Williams, D.D., and an appreciation by the Hon. Martin B. Madden.
Description
- Main Author
- Fisher, Miles Mark,
- Language(s)
- English
- Published
- Philadelphia ; The Judson press, []
- Subjects
- Fisher, Elijah John, > Fisher, Elijah John, /
- Physical Description
- 12 p.l., p. : front., plates, ports. ; 20 cm
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- Find in a library
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