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SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: A Primer on Utopian Philosophy
DESCRIPTION:How Ernst Bloch’s work can provide new hope for utopian thinking today. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHousmans are delighted to welcome John Greenaway back to the shop after he so brilliantly helped us launch Bill Cashmore’s fantastic ‘We Hear Only Ourselves’ last year. Billie will also be returning\, this time to serve as John’s interlocuter\, as he launches A Primer on Utopian Philosophy: How Ernst Bloch’s work can provide new hope for utopian thinking today. \n\n\n\nThe utopian project lies in ruins\, but perhaps in our present moment\, there are elements from the history of thought that can provide fresh resources for utopianism. In this groundbreaking introduction\, Jon Greenaway explores the work of German philosopher Ernst Bloch\, whose complex and challenging philosophy is a primer for a philosophical renewal of the struggle for a better world. \n\n\n\nAs always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com\, and a free ticket will be made available. \n\n\n\nIf you choose book + event entry\, your copy of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or have it delivered\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \n\n\n\nDoors Open at 7pm\, Event Starts 7:30 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShare this:\n				Share on X (Opens in new window)\n				X\n			\n				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n				Facebook\n			\n				Share on Insta (Opens in new window)\n				Insta\n			Like this:Like Loading...
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SUMMARY:‘How Big Tech and Wall Street Won the World\, And How We Win it Back’ with Jeremy Gilbert\, Alex Williams and Alison Winch
DESCRIPTION:‘How Big Tech and Wall Street Won the World\, And How We Win it Back’ with Jeremy Gilbert\, Alex Williams and Alison Winch \n\n\n\nHousmans has proudly teamed up with Space4 and the FUTURES Podcast to present a series of live events regarding the impacts of capitalism on digital technology. \n\n\n\nIn this last session we’ll be hosting a panel discussion between Jeremy Gilbert\, Alex Williams\, and Alison Winch to talk about digital power in the 21st century – the theme of Gilbert and Williams’ newest book Hegemony Now: How Big Tech and Wall Street Won the World (And How We Win it Back). \n\n\n\nHegemony Now explores how Big Tech and Wall Street have shaped the direction of politics and government as well as the neoliberal economy to benefit their own interests. However\, since the 2008 financial crisis this dominance is under threat and digital platforms offer new opportunities for counter hegemonic strategies to win back power. Hegemony Now outlines a dynamic socialist strategy for the twenty-first century. \n\n\n\nJeremy Gilbert is Professor of Cultural & Political Theory at the University of East London. \n\n\n\nAlex Williams is a political theorist and lecturer in digital media and society currently based at the University of East Anglia. \n\n\n\nAlison Winch is Lecturer in Promotional Media at Goldsmiths\, and of particular relevance to this topic is co-author of ‘The New Patriarchs of Digital Capitalism: Celebrity Tech Founders and Networks of Power’ (Routledge 2021). \n\n\n\nThey will be in conversation with Luke Robert Mason who hosts the FUTURES Podcast – a show that explores the topics of artificial intelligence\, human enhancement\, space travel and virtual reality. Mason is a British-born futures theorist who is passionate about engaging the public with emerging scientific theories and technological developments. \n\n\n\nHegemony is published by Verso Books\, the largest independent\, radical publishing house in the English-speaking world\, publishing one hundred books a year. You can pre-order the book through our event ticketing and Housman’s bookshop will bring it for you on the day. \n\n\n\nSPACE4\n\n\n\nSPACE4 is part of Outlandish\, a co-op that builds websites and digital tools for social good. We are interested in tech for good\, progressive economics\, and social change. We provide co-working\, meeting\, and events space\, primarily to social enterprises and digital activists. We also organise and host a range of events\, workshops\, and meetups around these topics. Don’t hesitate to get in touch or visit us. \n\n\n\nThe £5 charge on this event is a deposit that will be refunded if you attend. The reason behind this is to assure bums on the seats as we spend a lot of time prepping for these events and workshops. If you’re unable to pay contact natasha@outlandish.com for free registration. \n\n\n\nUSE THE LINK BELOW TO RESERVE A TICKET \n\n\n\nTHIS EVENT IS NOT AT HOUSMANS\, BUT AT SPACE4 in FINSBURY PARK \n\n\n\nVenue access information: https://space4.tech/visit-us \n\n\n\nSign up to our newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dKiIsU \n\n\n\nVisit our website: https://space4.tech \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRESERVE TICKETS VIA EVENTBRITE\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShare this:\n				Share on X (Opens in new window)\n				X\n			\n				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n				Facebook\n			\n				Share on Insta (Opens in new window)\n				Insta\n			Like this:Like Loading...
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CATEGORIES:Book Talk
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SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: Love the World Or Get Killed Trying ALVINA CHAMBERLAND in conversation with JULIET JACQUES
DESCRIPTION:Housmans are delighted to be welcoming Alvina Chamberland to celebrate the publication of her hotly anticipated autofictional work Love the World Or Get Killed Trying.  \n\n\n\nNamed a Most Anticipated Book in Nylon\, Them\, Ms. Magazine\, Autostraddle\, San Francisco Chronicle\, Bay Area Reporter\, LGBTQ-reads\, and Write or Die-Magazine. \n\n\n\n“Perhaps some hearts are so big they must constantly burst and break.” \n\n\n\nThrough playful poetic prose\, sharp social commentary and self-deprecating gallows humor Love the World or Get Killed Trying dives into the mind of Alvina\, a trans woman on the eve of turning 30. The reader is invited to follow her journey through the breathtaking wilderness of Iceland and busy city boulevards of Berlin and Paris as she probes questions of eternity\, sexuality\, longing\, death\, love\, and how hard it is to remain soft when you’re a ceaseless target of straight men’s secret lust and open disgust. This novel tackles universal issues through a trans woman’s specific lens – insisting on these experiences speaking to far more than just issues of sexuality and gender. \n\n\n\nReaching its climax through an urgent wildfire scream-of-consciousness\, cry-of-love-manifesto\, Love the World or Get Killed Trying is a raw and vulnerable work of magical brutalist autofiction; abstract in the sense of poetically digging beneath the surface\, and experimental in the sense of trying to find out new things and express them in new ways\, while concretely asserting that if trans women one day collectively outed every man who seeks them out\, a full-blown revolution would ensue by nightfall. \n\n\n\nAlvina will read from the book and be in conversation with the brilliant Juliet Jacques\, followed by an audience Q&A.  \n\n\n\nOUR SPEAKERS:  \n\n\n\nAlvina Chamberland is a Swedish-US American author of predominantly literary autofiction novels. In 2015 Bokförlaget ETC published her co-authored book Allt som är Mitt: Våldtäkt\, Stigmatisering och Upprättelse (English translation: All that is mine: Rape\, Stigmatization and Reparation). The book received a grant from the Swedish Arts Council. In September 2018 her novel Utelåst – Uppväxt- nostalgi för freaks (Locked Out – A nostalgic account of growing up for freaks) a parody of the coming of age-genre\, was published by Dockhaveri Förlag. She resides between Athens and Berlin and has no real hobbies\, only intensity and serenity. Love the World or Get Killed Trying is her English language debut. \n\n\n\nJuliet Jacques (b. Redhill\, Surrey in 1981) is a writer\, filmmaker\, broadcaster and academic based in London. She has published six books\, including Trans: A Memoir (2015)\, two short story collections including Variations (2021)\, Front Lines: Trans Journalism 2007-2021 (2022)\, and a novella\, Monaco (2023). Her fiction\, journalism and essays have appeared in the Guardian (including her ‘Transgender Journey’ column\, longlisted for the Orwell Prize in 2011)\, New York Times\, Frieze\, London Review of Books and many other publications; her short films have screened in galleries and festivals across the world. She teaches at the Royal College of Art and elsewhere\, hosted the arts discussion programme Suite (212) on Resonance 104.4fm\, and is a co-host of Novara FM. She has played football for Clapton Community FC\, Horley Town and Surrey. \n\n\n\nAs always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com\, and a free ticket will be made available. \n\n\n\nIf you choose book + event entry\, your copy of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or have it delivered\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \n\n\n\nDoors Open at 7pm\, Event Starts 7:15 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShare this:\n				Share on X (Opens in new window)\n				X\n			\n				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n				Facebook\n			\n				Share on Insta (Opens in new window)\n				Insta\n			Like this:Like Loading...
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