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An analysis of contemporary authoritarianism and how it flourishes on the internet, a timely collection that shows how design can animate public space and catalyze democratic processes, luminous essays on artists of the Italian Renaissance, and more
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In Off-Earth—now available in paperback—Erika Nesvold asks: Can we do better in space than we’ve done here on Earth? Her work highlights the complex ethical challenges that accompany any other-worldly venture—questions about the environment, labor rights, and medical ethics, among others.
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Short Circuits Series
A short circuit occurs when there is a wrong connection in the network—wrong, of course, from the standpoint of the smooth functioning of the network. The starting premise of this series is that Lacanian psychoanalysis is a privileged instrument of critical reading, offering a collection of short Lacanian interventions into art, philosophy, theology, and ideology through marginalized or disavowed lenses.
Series editor: Mladen Dolar, Alenka Zupančič, & Slavoj Žižek
The Emperor’s New Nudity by Yuval Kremnitzer offers an analysis of contemporary authoritarianism and the medium in which it flourishes, the internet, as well as what lies at the complex intersection of authority and technology. Kremnitzer asks foundational questions to explore how technology reshapes the very fabric of social and political life.
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A conversation with Mitch Anzuoni, editor of Inpatient Press
We speak with Mitch Anzuoni of Inpatient Press, which joins the MIT Press this month as a distributed partner.
Thursday December 5, 2024