Matteo Pasquinelli, Animal Spirits: A Bestiary of the Commons (Rotterdam: NAi Publishers / Institute of Network Cultures, 2008).
ISBN 9789056626631 © 2008 the author
Paperback, 240 pp., ill. (b/w), 14×21 cm.
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- Excerpts on → Ballardian [WEB]
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Reviews
- McKenzie Wark, review of Animal Spirits, Public Seminar blog, 15 May 2015.
- Dave Mesing, ‘The Buckling of Abstraction’, Droin, February 2014.
- Jussi Parikka, review of Animal Spirits: A Bestiary of the Commons, Leonardo reviews, 1 May 2009.
- Luciana Parisi, “Uncommon Bestiary”, review of Animal Spirits: A Bestiary of the Commons, Mute, 19 May 2009.
- Jason Read, “I am an Animal, You’re an Animal Too: Matteo Pasquinelli’s Animal Spirits”, Unemployed Negativity, 1 Jun 2009.
- Arie Altena, review of Animal Spirits: A Bestiary of the Commons, Metropolis n. 3, June/July 2009 [in Dutch].
- Paolo Pedercini, review of Animal Spirits: A Bestiary of the Commons, Neural magazine, 3 Aug 2009 [in English and Italian].
- Willem van Weelden, review of Animal Spirits: A Bestiary of the Commons, in: J. Seijdel and L. Melis (eds), Open #18 – 2030: War Zone Amsterdam, Rotterdam: NAi Publishers, 2009.
- Gigi Roggero, “Oltre ogni speranza negli spiriti animali del capitalismo digitale”, review of Animal Spirits: A Bestiary of the Commons, Il Manifesto, 4 Feb 2009 [in Italian].
- Marco Baravalle, ‘La figura del parassita’, presentation of Animal Spirits on Radio Sherwood (Venezia), 11 March 2010[audio, in Italian]
Coverage
- Springerin 1/2010. Brian Holmes, “Written in the Stars: Global Finance, Precarious Destinies”, Springerin 1/2010 [in English and German].
- Libération, 2 March 2010. Marie Lechner, “Nous n’exploitons pas le réseau, c’est le réseau qui nous exploite” [in French].
- Die Tageszeitung, 9 April 2010. Meike Laaff, “Der Freibeuter Bekehrung” [in German].
- Bookforum, 12 June 2009. “The richest person in your town”.
Reading groups
- Berlin. There is nothing less passive than the act of fleeing, The Public School seminar, 4-18 July 2010.
- Berlin. Radical Theory Berlin at Tempest library, 4 November 2010.
- Berge. B-Open study circle, May 2011.
- Stockholm. Hemliga Trädgården, 20 June 2011.
Book presentations
- Amsterdam, 20 January 2009 @ De Waag, Theatrum Anatomicum.
- Torino, 1 April, 2009 @ Share Campus, DAMS University. With: Bruce Sterling, Luca Barbeni.
Disclaimer
Not to be mistaken for the latecomer book by Nobel prize George Akerlof and Robert J. Shiller with the same title: Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism (Princeton University Press, March 2009).
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