Against Everything: On Dishonest Times Tapa blanda - 2017

Verso, 2017. Soft cover. Good. 8x1x5. Has some light general reading/shelfwear - otherwise this is a clean, tight copy. Quick dispatch from the UK.

Paperback. Like New.

Paperback. Very Good.

Verso Books. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Verso, 12/09/2017 00:00:01. paperback. Very Good. 2.5980 in x 19.5851 in x 12.7903 in.

ISBN: 9781784785932
Verso Books, 12 September 2017
Paperback, 320 pages
Against Everything is a thought-provoking study and essential guide to the vicissitudes of everyday life under twenty-first-century capitalism. Mark Greif is one of the most exciting writers of his generation. In this invigorating collection, he challenges us to rethink the ordinary world and take life seriously - in short, to stay honest in dishonest times. In a series of coruscating set pieces he asks why we put ourselves through the pains of exercise, what our concerns about diet or sex does for our fundamental worth, what political identity the hipster might possess, and what happens to us when we listen to Radiohead or hip-hop. Counter-intuitive and revelatory in his insights, Greif revels in the contradictions arising between our desires and the excuses we make to console ourselves. His work demands we have the courage to be 'against everything', to change our vantage on everyday life, find it wanting and demand something better.