"A polemic as finely concentrated as a line of pure cocaine" - Los Angeles Review of Books
Jonathan Crary is Meyer Schapiro Professor of Modern Art and Theory at Columbia University. His books include Techniques of the Observer, Suspensions of Perception, Scorched Earth and Tricks of the Light.
The 24/7 phantasmagoria of digital exchange impresses the commodity
deep into the body's tissues, leaving only sleep as a partial
respite. Jonathan Crary updates Marcuse's One Dimensional Man with
a vigilant critique of the totality of the seemingly eternal
present of this pseudo-world.
*McKenzie Wark, author of The Spectacle of
Disintegration*
Crary's polemic against the demands of 24/7 capitalism brilliantly
illuminates the devastating effects of our changed temporality.
Enjoined to constant productivity, we consume ourselves, our world,
and our capacity collectively to imagine a common future. This is a
crucial commentary on the format and tempo of contemporary
life.
*Jodi Dean, author of The Communist Horizon*
Crary updates Leninist understandings of the expansion of
capitalism in his phenomenal book 24/7, which is well worth a read
for a clear understanding of the role of time in the continued and
deepening exploitation of the working class under digital
capitalism.
*Marx & Philosophy Review of Books*
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