9781914420467
280pp
PB 197 x 130 mm
Mono
£10.99/$14.95/$16.95
Politics
World rights available
Here Be Monsters speaks to a left that has forgotten its history, its potential, and its power.
Interweaving personal stories with engaging histories of political thought and the meanings of monsters, Rhyd Wildermuth reveals the roots of current identity conflicts and political contradictions in feminism, anti-racist theory, Marxism, Frankfurt School theorists, and the many other leftist attempts to put the world back into balance.
The left has always been the province of dreamers and visionaries, or as Ursula K. Le Guin named them, “realists of a larger reality.” Here Be Monsters is an urgent and deeply engaging narrative to help us remember that reality once more.
RHYD WILDERMUTH is a druid, theorist, publisher, union organizer and activist, and the author of All That is Sacred is Profaned: A Pagan Guide to Marxism and Witches in a Crumbling Empire.
9781915672056
214 pp
PB 197 x 130 mm
Mono
£10.99/$14.95/$16.95
Music/Politics
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This Must Be the Place introduces and examines music’s relationship to cities. Not the influence cities have on music, but the powerful impact music can have on how cities are developed, built, managed and governed.
Told in an accessible way through personal stories from cities around the world — including London, Melbourne, Nashville, Austin and Zurich — This Must Be the Place argues for the transformative role of artists and musicians in a post-pandemic world.
Examining not only the powerful impact music can have on our cities, it also serves as a how-to guide and toolkit for music-lovers, artists and activists everywhere to begin the process of reinventing the communities they live in.
SHAIN SHAPIRO is the global leader in understanding how music and cities intersect. He founded Sound Diplomacy, the global leading economic consultancy working with cities on music, cultural and entertainment policy, and leads the nonprofit Center for Music Ecosystems.