Hatred of Capitalism: A Semiotext(e) Reader

by Guy Hocquenghem, David Rattray, Alain Joxe, et al.

Jean Baudrillard meets Cookie Mueller in this gathering of French theory and new American fiction.

Compiled in 2001 to commemorate the passing of an era, Hatred of Capitalism brings together highlights of Semiotext(e)'s most beloved and prescient works. Semiotext(e)'s three-decade history mirrors the history of American thought. Founded by French theorist and critic Sylvere Lotringer as a scholarly journal in 1974, Semiotext(e) quickly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1584350121
• ISBN13: 9781584350125
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Semiotext(e)
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Sound Anthology

As an avid reader of numerous books published by Semiotext[e] I found this anthology to be an excellent sampling of essays and short-stories. There are a few pieces included which are pointless--some shortstories and interviews--but there are enough gems to make this book worthwhile. The selling point for me was the two entries by Ulrike Meinhof (of the Baader-Meinhof Gang, RAF) entitled "Armed Anti-Imperialist Struggle". I've always been interested in the Red Army Faction (which, for some reason, other authors in this anthology call the "Red Army Fraction") so I was excited to read Meinhof's apologetics. Some of the Deleuze and Guattari entries were worth the purchase as well.

complex, funny, wide and intelligent

Chris Kraus and Sylvere Lotringer have complied an interesting, diverse and brilliant array of writings from thelast 25 years. "To the Memory of an era (1974-2002)" is thededication of the book that covers every concevible idea about different views of the cutlure we happen to live in, construct and deconstruct. Hatred of Capitalism is stimulating, thought provoking and subversive in its multitude of ways artists; writers; thinkers; philsophers talk about their lives, bodies and thoughts.....This is a stimulating must read...