K-punk: The Collected and Unpublished Writings of Mark Fisher
- ISBN-10
- 1912248298
- ISBN-13
- 9781912248292
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 824
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-11-13
- Publisher
- Watkins Media Limited
- Author
- Mark Fisher
Description
A comprehensive collection of the writings of Mark Fisher (1968-2017), whose work defined critical writing for a generation. This comprehensive collection brings together the work of acclaimed blogger, writer, political activist and lecturer Mark Fisher (aka k-punk). Covering the period 2004 - 2016, the collection will include some of the best writings from his seminal blog k-punk; a selection of his brilliantly insightful film, television and music reviews; his key writings on politics, activism, precarity, hauntology, mental health and popular modernism for numerous websites and magazines; his final unfinished introduction to his planned work on "Acid Communism"; and a number of important interviews from the last decade. Edited by Darren Ambrose and with a foreword by Simon Reynolds.
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