[Air-L] Jan 28 book launch and publication - Event Horizon: Sexuality, Politics, Online Culture, and the Limits of Capitalism

[Jacob Johanssen]

Join us for the book launch of Event Horizon: Sexuality, Politics, Online
Culture, and the Limits of Capitalism (Zer0 Books) by Bonni Rambatan and
Jacob Johanssen

In an age where Silicon Valley dictates what it means to innovate a
painless future, knowledge and enjoyment are fertile breeding grounds of
political contestation. But it’s not exactly democracy. We are controlled
through platforms that turn us into data for the profit of billionaires.
Control has become so playful that we carry it in our pockets, as we
continue to crave likes and followers.

What is to be done? Should the Left continue to cling to the promise of a
political Event, patiently waiting for a revolutionary rupture where new
possibilities emerge? Is there a way to delineate its horizons amidst the
chaos?

Through a psychoanalytic interrogation of the intersections of online
culture, sexuality, and politics, Bonni Rambatan and Jacob Johanssen
explore such horizons at the limits of capitalism. Event Horizon examines
how capitalist ideology functions in our current moment, and, more
importantly, how it breaks down. With the increasing urgency of formulating
a proper Leftist response to the rapidly growing violence that seriously
threatens the lives of marginalised communities, this book could not be
more timely.

More information about Event Horizon:
https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/zer0-books/our-books/event-horizon-sexuality-politics-culture

Book Launch: 28.01.2022
2pm GMT - 8am CT - 9pm WIT - 10pm SST

Speakers:
Bonni Rambatan (Independent Scholar, Indonesia) and Jacob Johanssen (St.
Mary's University, UK)
Alfie Bown (Royal Holloway University, UK)
Julia DeCook (Loyola University Chicago, USA)
Rosemary Overell (National University of Singapore, Singapore)

The event will take place on Zoom. A link will be emailed to all attendees
2 hours before start time on the 28th.
Registration:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/event-horizon-book-launch-tickets-239460050457