Contemporary 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.
Insomnia ranges 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.
| ISBN: | 9781350002760 |
| Publication date: | 23rd July 2026 |
| Author: | Alexei Penzin |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Academic an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 208 pages |
| Series: | Lines |
| Genres: |
Philosophy: aesthetics Phenomenology and Existentialism Far-left political ideologies and movements Social and political philosophy |
Contemporary 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.
Insomnia features in the following genres: Philosophy: aesthetics, Phenomenology and Existentialism, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Social and political philosophy
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Insomnia was written by Alexei Penzin and published by Bloomsbury Academic an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Insomnia has 208 pages
Yes it is part of Lines series
£17.09, reduced from £18.99. Not Available.