{"product_id":"when-thinking-stops-alexei-penzin-9781350002760","title":"When Thinking Stops: Philosophy and Sleep in Capitalist Modernity","description":"\u003cp\u003eContemporary theorists, including Walter Benjamin, Emmanuel Levinas and Jean-Luc Nancy, have identified that an essential feature of capitalism is an uninterrupted or permanently wakeful continuity of production, exchange, consumption, communication and control. A form of enforced insomnia which keeps people subservient and compliant. This makes sleep a revolutionary act. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eInsomnia \u003c\/i\u003eranges from the history of philosophy to contemporary 'sleep science' and cutting edge theory to provide us with a powerful philosophical and aesthetic intervention - that charts not just the problems of sleep but its revolutionary potential as a new politics of sleep. This is urgent reading for anyone trying to sleep in contemporary capitalism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexei Penzin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350002763\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350002760\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/04\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.43w x 1.00d","brand":"Alexei Penzin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48659348029695,"sku":"9781350002760","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/when-thinking-stops-alexei-penzin-9781350002760","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}