An edition of Elements of Refusal (1988)

Elements Of Refusal

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An edition of Elements of Refusal (1988)

Elements Of Refusal

2nd, Revised Edition
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Publisher
CAL Press
Language
English
Pages
308

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Cover of: Elements Of Refusal
Elements Of Refusal
September 11, 2006, CAL Press
Hardcover in English - 2nd, Revised Edition
Cover of: Elements of Refusal
Elements of Refusal
January 1, 1999, CAL Press
Paperback in English - 2nd edition
Cover of: Elements of Refusal
Elements of Refusal
May 1988, Left Bank Books
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First Sentence

"Just as today's most obsessive notion is that of the material reality of time, self-existent time was the first lie of social life."

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition
Introduction to the First Edition
Beginning of Time, End of Time
Language: Origin and Meaning
Number: Its Origin and Evolution
The Case Against Art
Agriculture
Industrialism and Domestication
Who Killed Ned Ludd?
Axis Point of American Industrialism
The Practical Marx
Origins and Meaning of WWI
Taylorism and Unionism
Unionization in America
Organized Labor vs. "The Revolt Against Work"
New York, New York
The Refusal of Technology
Anti-Work and the Struggle for Control
The Promise of the '80s
The '80s So Far
Present-Day Banalities
Media, Irony and "Bob"
Afterward Commentary on Form and Content in Elements of Refusal
Notes
Author's Bibliography
Index
Appendix: Excerpts from Adventures in Subversion: Flyers and Posters, 1981-85

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
308
Dimensions
9.2 x 6.1 x 1 inches
Weight
1.4 pounds

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL8714732M
Internet Archive
elementsofrefusa0000john
ISBN 10
1890532029
ISBN 13
9781890532024
OCLC/WorldCat
76714317
Library Thing
219045
Goodreads
449947

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