Critical Theory from the Margins

Horizons of Possibility in the Age of Extremism

Saladdin Ahmed

Putting at work a negative pedagogy centered around learning from unlearning, problematizes and boldly challenges today's culturalist discourses, camouflaged racisms, and masked fascisms.

"Identifying glimmers of hope in our dark ages is no easy task, yet that is exactly what Saladdin Ahmed achieves in this book. Uncompromising analysis of the current stage of capitalism and of the fascist ideologies it carries along, combined with innovative interpretations of critical theories of the past, lead to the delineation of 'horizons of possibility' that could provide strategic guidance to contemporary global social movements." — Razmig Keucheyan, University of Paris-Sorbonne

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Totalitarian Space and the Destruction of Aura

Saladdin Ahmed

Diagnoses our contemporary spatial experience as fundamentally totalitarian through a multilayered critical theory of space.

"This is a clear and important contribution to the existing literature and contemporary political thought in general. It expounds upon Benjamin's analysis of the aura in his famous essay, 'Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction,' and, importantly, illustrates how this concept is incredibly pertinent to our society today. " — Mary Caputi, author of Feminism and Power: The Need for Critical Theory

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