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Protean Magazine X Verso Books Reading List

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Protean Magazine 5 August 2024

Protean Magazine X Verso Books Reading List

Below is a list of Verso titles curated by the editors of Protean Magazine. All books are 50% off for Protean subscribers and for anyone who preorders Protean Issue V: Contra Temps

Protean Recommends:

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Dominick Knowles:

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Jake Romm:

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Tyler Walicek:

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Late Fascism

by Alberto Toscano

The rich archive of twentieth-century debates on fascism can steer a path through an increasingly authoritarian present. Developing anti-fascist theory is an urgent and vital task. From the ‘Great ...
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Marx's Literary Style

by Ludovico Silva

In Marx’s Literary Style, the Venezuelan poet and philosopher Ludovico Silva argues that much of the confusion around Marx’s work results from a failure to understand his literary mode of expressio...
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Mute Compulsion

by Søren Mau

Despite insoluble contradictions, intense volatility and fierce resistance, the crisis-ridden capitalism of the 21st century lingers on. To understand capital’s paradoxical expansion and entrenchme...
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Tomorrow They Won't Dare to Murder Us

by Joseph Andras

A young revolutionary plants a bomb in a factory on the outskirts of Algiers during the Algerian War. The bomb is timed to explode after work hours, so no one will be hurt. But the authorities have...
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Road to Nowhere

by Paris Marx

Elon Musk and the masters of Silicon Valley want us to believe technology can revolutionize our cities and means of transport. Road to Nowhere exposes the paucity of their vision, a distracting fan...
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Combat Trauma

by Nadia Abu El Haj

Americans have long been asked to support the troops and care for veterans' psychological wounds. Who, though, does this injunction serve?As acclaimed scholar Nadia Abu El-Haj argues here, in the A...
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Minima Moralia

by Theodor Adorno

Translated by Edmund F.N. Jephcott

Written between 1944 and 1947, Minima Moralia is a collection of rich, lucid aphorisms and essays about life in modern capitalist society. Adorno casts his penetrating eye across society in mid-cen...
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Class War

by Mark Steven

A thrilling and vivid work of history, Class War weaves together literature and politics to chart the making and unmaking of social class through revolutionary combat. In a narrative that spans the...
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The Palestine Laboratory

by Antony Loewenstein

Winner of the 2023 Walkley non fiction journalism prizeFinalist for the 2023 Moore Prize for Human Rights WritingIsrael's military industrial complex uses the occupied, Palestinian territories as ...
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The Spirit of Terrorism

by Jean Baudrillard

Translated by Chris Turner

Baudrillard sees the power of the terrorists as lying in the symbolism of slaughter—not merely the reality of death, but in a sacrifice that challenges the whole system. Where previously the old re...
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Déjà Vu and the End of History

by Paolo Virno

Translated by David Broder

This book places two key notions up against each other to imagine a new way of conceptualizing historical time. How do the experience of déjà vu and the idea 'End of History' relate to one another?...
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Non-Places

by Marc Augé

Translated by John Howe

An ever-increasing proportion of our lives is spent in supermarkets, airports and hotels, on motorways or in front of TVs, computer and cash machines. This invasion of the world by what Marc Auge c...
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Only a Voice

by George Scialabba

In Only a Voice, George Scialabba examines the chasm between modernity's promise of progress and the sobering reality of our present day through studies of the most influential public intellectuals...
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Politics and Letters

by Raymond Williams

Introduction by Geoff Dyer

Raymond Williams made a central contribution to the intellectual culture of the Left in the English-speaking world. He was also one of the key figures in the foundation of cultural studies in Bri...
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The Origin of Capitalism

by Ellen Meiksins Wood

In The Origin of Capitalism, a now-classic work of history, Ellen Meiksins Wood offers readers a clear and accessible introduction to the theories and debates concerning the birth of capitalism, im...
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Protean Magazine X Verso Books Reading List

Below is a list of Verso titles curated by the editors of Protean Magazine. All books are 50% off for Protean subscribers and for anyone who preorders Protean Issue V: Contra Temps

Protean Recommends:

Dominick Knowles:

Jake Romm:

Tyler Walicek:

Late Fascism

Marx's Literary Style

Mute Compulsion

Tomorrow They Won't Dare to Murder Us

Road to Nowhere

Combat Trauma

Minima Moralia

Class War

The Palestine Laboratory

The Spirit of Terrorism

Déjà Vu and the End of History

Non-Places

Only a Voice

Politics and Letters

The Origin of Capitalism

Below is a list of Verso titles curated by the editors of Protean Magazine. All books are 50% off for Protean subscribers and for anyone who preorders Protean Issue V: Contra Temps

Protean Recommends:

Dominick Knowles:

Jake Romm:

Tyler Walicek:

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