Dysphoria Mundi: A Diary of Planetary Transition - Couverture souple

Preciado, Paul B

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1644453320 ISBN 13 : 9781644453322

Editeur : Graywolf Press, 2025

Synopsis

A revolutionary book tracing the collapse of the paradigms that have organized the world for centuries

In Dysphoria Mundi, Paul B. Preciado, best known for his 2013 cult classic Testo Junkie, has written a mutant text assembled from essays, philosophy, poetry, and autofiction that captures a moment of profound change and possibility. Rooted in the isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic, and taking account of the societal convulsions that have ensued, Preciado tries to make sense of our times from within the swirl of a revolutionary present moment.

The central thesis of this monumental work is that dysphoria, to be understood properly, should not be seen as a mental illness but rather as the condition that defines our times. Dysphoria is an abyss that separates a patriarchal, colonial, and capitalist order hurtling toward its end from a new way of being that, until now, has been seen as unproductive and abnormal but is in fact the way out of our current predicament.

With echoes of visionaries such as William S. Burroughs and Kathy Acker, Preciado's theoretical writing is propelled by lyric power while providing us with a critical toolbox full of new concepts that can guide our thinking and our actions: transition, cognitive emancipation, denormalization, disidentification, "electronic heroin," digital coups, necro-kitsch. Dysphoria Mundi is Preciado's most accessible and significant work to date, in which he makes sense of a world in ruins around us and maps a joyous, radical way forward.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Paul B. Preciado is the author of Can the Monster Speak?, Countersexual Manifesto, and Testo Junkie, among other books, and wrote and directed the film Orlando, My Political Biography. He lives in Paris.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Graywolf Press
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1644453320
• ISBN 13: 9781644453322
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 448
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• Personne responsable: non disponible