Muskism, 9780241805114
Hardcover
Elon Musk: Avatar of a postliberal age, promising salvation or extinction.
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Muskism

a guide for the perplexed

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  • Hardcover

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    22 June 2026

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Summary

Muskism: An Avatar of Our Postliberal Age

A pyrotechnic examination of Elon Musk as a symptom and avatar of our postliberal age.

Who on earth is Elon Musk and what is he doing? Is he a hero, a villain, or does he swing constantly between those two poles? According to the constant media gush driven by his every act and pronouncement, Musk is best understood in personal terms. This book argues differently. Rather than seeing Musk as an individual, it sees him as an avatar of s…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780241805114
ISBN-10:0241805112
Author:Quinn Slobodian, Ben Tarnoff
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Allen Lane
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:22 June 2026
Weight:400g
Dimensions:240mm x 156mm x 25mm
About The Author

Quinn Slobodian

Quinn Slobodian (Author)

Quinn Slobodian is Professor of International History at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University. His books include Crack-Up Capitalism- Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy and, most recently, Hayek’s Bastards- The Neoliberal Roots of the Populist Right.

Ben Tarnoff (Author)

Ben Tarnoff is a writer and technologist based in Massachusetts and is the author of Internet for the People and the co-author of Voices from the Valley- Tech Workers Talk About What They Do - And How They Do It. He is a frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books, and has also written for the New York Times, The New Yorker, and the New Republic, among other publications.

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