{"product_id":"quit-everything-interpreting-depression-9781915672513","title":"Quit Everything: Interpreting Depression","description":"\u003cb\u003eAnalyses the current wave of depression, or \"desertion\", that is causing more and more people to abandon hope and desire in a world where social, political and environment collapse seems inevitable.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDepression is rife amongst young people the world over. But what if this isn't depression as we know it, but instead a reaction to the chaos and collapse of a seemingly unchangeable and unliveable future?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eQuit Everything\u003c\/i\u003e, Franco Berardi argues that this \"depression\" is actually conscious or unconscious withdrawal of psychological energy and a dis-investment of desire that he defines instead as \"desertion\". A desertion from political participation, from the daily grind of capitalism, from the brutal reality of climate collapse, and from a society which offers nothing but chaos and pain. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBerardi analyses why this desertion is on the rise and why more people are quitting everything in our age of political impotence and the rise of the far-right, asking if we can find some political hope in desertion amongst the ruins of a world on the brink of collapse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFranco Berardi \u003c\/b\u003eis an Italian Marxist philosopher, theorist and activist in the autonomist tradition. He is the of author of over two-dozen books, including \u003ci\u003eAfter the Future, Heroes: Mass Murder and Suicide\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFuturability\u003c\/i\u003e. His works have been translated and published in fifteen different languages, including English, Spanish, Turkish, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Dutch, Norwegian and Korean.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Repeater","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50888821244178,"sku":"9781915672513","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f62188c8-22ee-4403-933f-78507963e58f.jpg?v=1738158237","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/quit-everything-interpreting-depression-9781915672513","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}