{"product_id":"philosophy-for-spiders-on-the-low-theory-of-kathy-acker-9781478014683","title":"Philosophy for Spiders: On the Low Theory of Kathy Acker","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt's time to recognize Kathy Acker as one of the great postwar American writers. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOver the decades readers have found a punk Acker, a feminist Acker, a queer Acker, a kink Acker, and an avant-garde Acker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy for Spiders\u003c\/i\u003e, McKenzie Wark adds a trans-Acker. Wark recounts her memories of Acker (with whom she had a passionate affair) and gives a comprehensive reading of her published and archived works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWark finds not just an inventive writer of fiction who pressed against the boundaries of gender but a theorist whose comprehensive philosophy of life brings a conceptual intelligence to the everyday life of those usually excluded from philosophy's purview. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs Wark shows, Acker's engagement with topics such as masturbation, sadism, body-building, and penetrative sex is central to her distinct phenomenology of the body that theorizes the body's relation to others, the city, and technology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e McKenzie Wark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/28\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781478014683\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMcKenzie Wark is Professor of Media and Culture at Eugene Lang College at The New School and author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eSensoria: Thinkers for the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReverse Cowgirl\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCapital Is Dead: Is This Something Worse?\u003c\/i\u003e Her correspondence with Kathy Acker was published as \u003ci\u003eI'm Very Into You\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39826862506099,"sku":"9781478014683","price":24.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_089d0528-99e9-4e27-baf1-f4442a2e6867.jpg?v=1644556687","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/philosophy-for-spiders-on-the-low-theory-of-kathy-acker-9781478014683","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}