Dissemblage: Machinic Captialism and Molecular Revolution - Softcover

Gerald Raunig

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1570274061 ISBN 13: 9781570274060

Publisher: Autonomedia, 2023

Synopsis

Dissemblage unfolds a wild abundance of material of unruliness, from the multilingual translation machines of Al-Andalus to the queer mysticism of the High Middle Ages, from the small voices of the falsetto in 20th century jazz and soul to today's disjointures and subjunctures against the smooth city in machinic capitalism. In this volume Gerald Raunig not only develops a conceptual ecology of concepts of joining and jointing, but also undertakes an experiment in theoretical form. Semi-fictional interweaves with meticulously researched historical sources, mystical writings with letters from friends, philosophical fragments with poetic ritornellos. More than a narrative about dissemblages from social surrounds, thing-worlds, and ghost-worlds, the book itself is a dividual multiplicity in form and content, out of joint, in the joints, dissemblage.

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About the Author

Gerald Raunig is a philosopher and art theorist. He works at the Zürich University of the Arts, Zürich and the eipcp (European Institute for Progressive Cultural Policies), Vienna. He is coeditor of the multilingual publishing platform Transversal Texts and the Austrian journal Kamion. He is the author of Art and Revolution and A Thousand Machines.

Edition details

• Publisher: Autonomedia
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1570274061
• ISBN 13: 9781570274060
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256