Ghosts of My Life: Writings on Depression, Hauntology and Lost Futures
- ISBN-10
- 178279624X
- ISBN-13
- 9781782796244
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 245
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-05-30
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing
- Author
- Mark Fisher
Description
This collection of writings by Mark Fisher, author of the acclaimed Capitalist Realism, argues that we are haunted by futures that failed to happen. Fisher searches for the traces of these lost futures in the work of David Peace, John Le Carré, Christopher Nolan, Joy Division, Burial and many others.
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