I just found out that Mark Fisher passed away:
We are deeply saddened to hear that the theorist Mark Fisher died yesterday.
Mark, who was born in 1968, was the writer responsible for the critically lauded and influential K-Punk blog and came to international prominence with his debut title for Zer0 books (where he also worked as a commissioning editor), Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? (2009), which picked up such varied fans as Slavoj Žižek, Sarah Amsler and Russell Brand.
Mark wrote eloquently about his struggles with mental illness (as well as such other subjects as Joy Division and drum & bass) in Ghosts Of My Life: Writings On Depression, Hauntology And Lost Futures; he was a contributor to such publications as The WIRE and Sight & Sound as well as being a lecturer in the Department of Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths. His latest book (for Repeater) The Weird And The Eerie was published just two weeks ago.
http://thequietus.com/articles/21567-mark-fisher-dies-rip
Very, very sad.
Very, very sad.
Sounds like he committed
Sounds like he committed suicide. Absolutely awful. Condolences to his family, especially his partner and child, his friends and everyone who knew him personally
Yeah, he committed suicide. I
Yeah, he committed suicide. I never realized how personal his writing on mental health was.
Oh shit. He was so young.
Oh shit. He was so young.
I think we could do with some
I think we could do with some more of his texts on here, since there aren't that many.
Craftwork wrote: I think we
Craftwork
yeah definitely, if any one has the time to post some up - craftwork thanks for posting the one you did. Although we'd rather not the vampire castle piece (unless it is accompanied by a strong critical introduction)
Mark Fisher was a member of
Mark Fisher was a member of the Plan C group and although I'm critical of some of his and Plan C's ideas and activities he and they are worth a critical read from time to time. Mark Fisher 'In Conversation' and at least one personal obit can be found on novaramedia.com
Read "exiting the vampire
Read "exiting the vampire castle" by him, pretty critical of the far left + identitarians on twitter etc. Also defends Owen Jones, Russel Brand.
http://www.thenorthstar.info/?p=11299
Curious to see if anyone has a response.
Soapy wrote: Read "exiting
Soapy
someone collected a bunch of responses here https://stavvers.wordpress.com/2013/11/28/bored-now-communiques-from-the-vampire-castle/
I seem to recall it was a
I seem to recall it was a mixed bag. Though it was framed in a capitalist left context, with a sociological / cultural / identitarian view of "working class" rather than an economic view, and though some of his statements were possibly a bit too sweeping; his comments on the moralising, playground bullying that has arisen across the wider spectrum of politics on "the left" seemed reasonably accurate to me.
Agree with Serge's brief
Agree with Serge's brief comment.
Plenty to look though on that linked 'The North Star' site including a correct if oversimplified response from my 'double'. Fisher makes a valid point about ''essentialism' but the rest is questionable
Of the more strident critiques I preferred this one: https://nothingiseverlost.wordpress.com/2013/11/23/vampires-arent-actually-real-though-class-is-a-reply-to-mark-fishers-castle-of-bollocks/
and given my mention above of Plan C some follow-up comments in this thread:
http://libcom.org/library/capitalist-realism-renewed