Philosophy for Spiders - On the Low Theory of Kathy Acker (Paperback)

It's time to recognize Kathy Acker as one of the great postwar American writers. Over the decades readers have found a punk Acker, a feminist Acker, a queer Acker, a kink Acker, and an avant-garde Acker. In Philosophy for Spiders, McKenzie Wark adds a trans Acker. Wark recounts her memories of Acker (with whom she had a passionate affair) and gives a comprehensive reading of her published and archived works. Wark finds not just an inventive writer of fiction who pressed against the boundaries of gender but a theorist whose comprehensive philosophy of life brings a conceptual intelligence to the everyday life of those usually excluded from philosophy's purview. As Wark shows, Acker's engagement with topics such as masturbation, sadism, body-building, and penetrative sex are central to her distinct phenomenology of the body that theorizes the body's relation to others, the city, and technology.

General

Imprint:	Duke University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2021
First published:	2021
Authors:	McKenzie Wark
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	216
ISBN-13:	978-1-4780-1468-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4780-1468-7
Barcode:	9781478014683

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