"Work and life become inseparable. Capital follows you when you dream. Time ceases to be linear, becomes chaotic, broken down into punctiform divisions." Read more about Critical Readings - Mark Fisher: Capitalist Realism (2)
Why is it easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism?
We're starting a new book at "Critical Readings": late Mark Fisher's "Capitalist Realism", an investigation of an ideological atmosphere in which capitalism is the only political and economic system with no proper alternatives. "Even if the game is rigged, it's the only game in town". The book can be found here: https://libcom.org/files/Capitalist%20Realism_%20Is%20There%20No%20Alter... Read more about Critical Readings - Mark Fisher: Capitalist Realism (1)
For the last session of Fanon's "The Wretched of the Earth" we're taking a bit longer than before – the gap between the sessions is three weeks this time. On April 25, we'll finish with the last chapter "Colonial War and Mental Disorders" + Conclusion and, perhaps, a final discussion about what we've learned from this book. Read more about 25/4 Critical Readings - Franz Fanon: The Wretched of the Earth - Chapter 5: "Colonial wars and mental disorders''
This time we're reading the second chapter of the "Wretched of the Earth", "Spontaneity: Its Strength and Weakness" (or, in some translations, " Grandeur and Weakness of Spontaneity") and Homi K. Bhabha's new foreword for the book from 2004, which criticises Sartre's preface and places Fanon's work and impact in a more contemporary context. Bhabha's foreword can be found in this edition: http://home.ku.edu.tr/~mbaker/CSHS503/FrantzFanon.pdf Read more about 7/3 Critical Readings - Franz Fanon: The Wretched of the Earth - Spontaneity: Its Strength and Weakness (2)
In this session, we at the critical readings are starting a new book: Frantz Fanon's anti- and post-colonial classic "The Wretched of the Earth". Read more about 21/2 Critical Readings - Frantz Fanon: The Wretched of the Earth (1)
At this session, we will end the Davis's book - we will discuss the last three chapters (11,12 and 13). We will also decide our next reading. Don't hesitate to join :)
For the upcoming meeting of the Critical Reading Group, we read the chapters 7-10 of Women, Race and Class by Angela Davis. The session takes place on the 24th of January at 19:00 in D-zóna. It is open to anybody interested. As we agreed on reading at home and discussing together, you should read the text if you want to participate at the discussion.
For the upcoming meeting of the Critical Reading Group, we read the chapters 4-8 of Women, Race and Class by Angela Davis. The session takes place on the 17th of January at 19:00 in D-zóna. It is open to anybody interested. As we agreed on reading at home and discussing together, you should read the text if you want to participate at the discussion.
For the upcoming meeting of the Critical Reading Group, we read the first four chapters of Women, Race and Class by Angela Davis. The session takes place on the 3rd of January at 18:30 in D-zóna. It is open to anybody interested. As we agreed on reading at home and discussing together, you should read the text if you want to participate at the discussion.
During the last session, we discussed the first three chapters of Graeber's Fragments of an Anarchist Antropology. For the upcoming session, we read the rest of the book. This session takes place on the 13th of December at 18:30 in D-zóna. It is open to anybody interested, and there is one more copy of Fragments (in Czech) in the Radical Library. It is also accessible in English on-line for free. As we agreed on reading at home and discussing together, you should read the text if you want to participate at the discussion.
