Mark Fisher

This collection of writings by Mark Fisher, author of acclaimed Capitalist Realism, argues that we are haunted by futures that failed to happen. Fisher searches for the traces of these lost futures in the work of David Peace, John Le Carré, Christopher Nolan, Joy Division, Burial and many others. This brand new edition features a new introduction by Matt Colquhoun...

A new work by renowned writer and cultural critic, Mark Fisher, that unearths the weird, the eerie, and the horrific in 20th-century culture through a wide range of literature, film, and music references. Explore the weird, the eerie, and the horrific in 20th-century literature, film, and music—from H.P. Lovecraft and Daphne Du Maurier to Stanley Kubrick and Christopher Nolan. What...

A collection of transcripts from Mark Fisher's final series of lectures at Goldsmiths, University of London, in late 2016. Edited and with an introduction by Matt Colquhoun, this collection of lecture notes and transcriptions reveals acclaimed writer and blogger Mark Fisher in his element—the classroom—outlining a project that Fisher's death left so bittersweetly unfinished. Beginning with that most fundamental of...

Few works can claim to form the foundation stones of one entire academic discipline, let alone two, but Thucydides's celebrated History of the Peloponnesian War is not only one of the first great works of history, but also the departure point from which the modern discipline of international relations has been built. This is the case largely because the author...

Few works can claim to form the foundation stones of one entire academic discipline, let alone two, but Thucydides's celebrated History of the Peloponnesian War is not only one of the first great works of history, but also the departure point from which the modern discipline of international relations has been built. This is the case largely because the author...

After 1989, capitalism has presented itself as the only realistic political economic system. What effects has this capitalist realism had on work, culture, education and mental health? Is it possible to imagine an alternative to capitalism that is not some throwback to discredited models of state control? Foreword by Zoe Fisher, Introduction by Alex Niven and Afterword by Tariq Goddard....

Some species survive reliant on conservation, some may survive eluding our knowing, some may not survive despite our efforts, and some may survive by adapting to and integrating with human worlds. New Zealand is a unique and fascinating country as a case study for managing invasive species. Because of its history, we know a lot about species introductions. Due to...