{"product_id":"dysphoria-mundi-by-paul-b-preciado-9781804271452","title":"Dysphoria Mundi","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eDysphoria Mundi\u003c\/em\u003e, Paul B. Preciado 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDysphoria Mundi\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47772979658988,"sku":"9781804271452","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781804271452-dysphoria-mundi.jpg?v=1782177695","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/dysphoria-mundi-by-paul-b-preciado-9781804271452","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}