Wark Philosophy for Spiders

On the Low Theory of Kathy Acker
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-4780-2198-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 212 Seiten

McKenzie Wark combines an autobiographical account of her relationship with Kathy Acker with her transgender reading of Acker's writing to outline Acker's philosophy of embodiment and its importance for theorizing the trans experience.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wark, McKenzie

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies: Homosexualität, LGBTQ+
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Gattungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatursoziologie, Gender Studies

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I. The City of Memory 1
Part II. A Philosophy for Spiders 51
Null Philosophy 53
First Philosophy 61
Second Philosophy 81
Third Philosophy 120
Afterword. Dysphoric 169
Acknowledgments 179
Reading List 187
Index 195

Über Autor(innen)

McKenzie Wark is Professor of Media and Culture at Eugene Lang College at The New School and author of several books, including Sensoria: Thinkers for the Twenty-First Century, Reverse Cowgirl, and Capital Is Dead: Is This Something Worse? Her correspondence with Kathy Acker was published as I'm Very Into You.