{"product_id":"9781350002760","title":"When Thinking Stops Philosophy and Sleep in Capitalist Modernity","description":"\u003ch3\u003eLines\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eWhen Thinking Stops\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePhilosophy and Sleep in Capitalist Modernity\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAlexei Penzin | Matthew Fuller | Timothy Williams | Andrew Goffey\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eArt \/ Criticism \u0026amp; Theory\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eContemporary theorists, including Walter Benjamin, Emmanuel Levinas and Jean-Luc Nancy, have identified that an essential feature of capitalism is an uninterrupted or permanently wakeful continuity of production, exchange, consumption, communication and control. A form of enforced insomnia which keeps people subservient and compliant. This makes sleep a revolutionary act.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eInsomnia \u003c\/i\u003eranges from the history of philosophy to contemporary 'sleep science' and cutting edge theory to provide us with a powerful philosophical and  aesthetic intervention – that charts not just the problems of sleep but its revolutionary potential as a new politics of sleep. This is urgent reading for anyone trying to sleep in contemporary capitalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAlexei Penzin \u003c\/b\u003eis Reader in Art, University of Wolverhampton, UK and Research Fellow at the Institute of Philosophy, Moscow, Russia. He is also one of the founding members of the Russian group Chto Delat (“What is to be done?”), an internationally recognized collective of artists, writers and academics (www.chtodelat.org). Penzin is on the editorial boards of\u003ci\u003e Moscow Art Magazine \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eStasis\u003c\/i\u003e Journal. He is author of \u003ci\u003eCapitalism and Religion\u003c\/i\u003e (2017) and editor of \u003ci\u003eBoris Artvatov's\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eArt as Production\u003c\/i\u003e (2017).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e05 August 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350002760\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e208\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57342225842316,"sku":"9781350002760","price":23.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_1246b47b-5994-4f64-9494-1a8049daba21.jpg?v=1789614336","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350002760","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}