24/7: Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep explores some of the ruinous consequences of the expanding non-stop processes of twenty-first-century capitalism.
Features essays that are the result of reflection in the wake of World War II. These essays comprise a study of surrealism, insisting on its importance as a cultural and social phenomenon with far-reaching consequences. They explain Bataille's links with the surrealist movement, and describe his complex relationship with Andre Breton.
In the late eighteenth century, the political economist Adam Smith predicted an eventual equalization of power between the conquering West and the conquered non-West. This book demonstrates Smith's continued relevance to understanding China's extraordinary rise.