Old Gods, New Enigmas
marx's lost theory
$55.59
- Hardcover
320 pages
- Release Date
31 August 2018
Summary
Old Gods, New Enigmas is the highly-anticipated book by the bestselling author of City of Quartz and Planet of Slums. Mike Davis spent years working factory jobs and sitting behind the wheel of an eighteen wheeler before his profile as one of the world’s leading urbanists emerged with the publication of his sober, if dystopian survey of Los Angeles. Since then, he’s developed a reputation not only for his caustic analysis of ecological catastrophe and colonial history, but as a stylist withou…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781788732161 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1788732162 |
| Author: | Mike Davis |
| Publisher: | Verso Books |
| Imprint: | Verso Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 31 August 2018 |
| Weight: | 516g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 140mm x 29mm |
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Critics Review
In this collection of essays, Davis searches Karl Marx’s ouvre for a revolutionary paradigm capable of addressing present-day economic inequality and climate change…While the esoteric case studies and historical summaries will appeal primarily to readers already familiar with Marx, the book also offers the simple pleasure of watching Davis’s nimble mind at work. * New Yorker *Davis resuscitates myriad overlooked works of political and environmental history and theory in this insightful collection. * Publishers Weekly *The heterogeneity of Davis’s latest book Old Gods, New Enigmas reflects his decades of accumulated interests…a formidable intellectual, and this collection contains many gems. – Troy Vettese * Boston Review *
About The Author
Mike Davis
Mike Davis is the author of several books including City of Quartz, The Monster at Our Door, Buda’s Wagon and Planet of Slums. He is the recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship and the Lannan Literary Award. He lives in San Diego.
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