Fisher identified this also on twitter, where he received a lot of trolling, which he saw generally as a wider part of capitalism’s tendency to co-opt and disrupt leftist dialog. The theory blogging community was really strong then and it enabled a lot of unknown people getting into theory to converse with known theorists such as Fisher, but there was also a nefarious element, trolling and trying to derail conversation. A large part of this was carried out online via his blog and even via Facebook meme pages. Aside from this, he was just very open to collaborating and holding dialogues with anyone acting to bring about the conditions of socialism. The way in which he addresses both theory and popular culture while accounting for the depressive malaise of our time always resonated with me. Mike Watson: Thanks for your question, I have known Fisher’s work since prior to the release of Capitalist Realism, when he kept the K-Punk blog. When did you first think about the possibility of writing about memes and Fisher? And more precisely, why associating this topic with Adorno and the Frankfurt School? Could you explain where such a confrontation comes from? In so doing, it recalls the work of Adorno, Benjamin and Marcuse, who identified similar processes in the post war period. Yániz: Titled The Memeing of Mark Fisher: How the Frankfurt School Foresaw Capitalist Realism, your new book focuses heavily on how the internet derails any attempt at cogent responses to the biggest crises of our time.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |