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Replace Me - by Amber Husain (Hardcover)

Name: Replace Me - by Amber Husain (Hardcover)
Brand: Catapult
SKU: 1012860208
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A bold and engrossing exploration of replacement--professional, romantic, and political--and the anxiety it stokes in our ever-shifting cultural landscape Fear of being replaced has come to define the late-capitalist psyche.
About the Author: AMBER HUSAIN is a writer based in South London.
256 Pages
Psychology, Interpersonal Relations

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A bold and engrossing exploration of replacement--professional, romantic, and political--and the anxiety it stokes in our ever-shifting cultural landscape

Fear of being replaced has come to define the late-capitalist psyche. In an age of gig work and AI, more and more workers are threatened with replacement; dating apps present both limitless choice and limitless competition; demagogues stoke racist paranoia through myths of a 'great replacement' by immigrant populations. As we reach a collective breaking point, how do we navigate the Theseus's ship of modern life and reclaim our agency?

In this wide-ranging exploration, Amber Husain braids art, literature, philosophy, and politics to ask how we might turn our fears of replaceability into a collective strength. Radical, clear-sighted, and moving, Replace Me examines both the terror and the allure in fantasies of infinite replacement.

About the Author

AMBER HUSAIN is a writer based in South London. She is the author of Meat Love and Tell Me How You Eat. Her essays on politics, literature and art have been published in Granta, London Review of Books, New Left Review, The White Review, Baffler, The Believer, Los Angeles Review of Books, and New York Times Magazine.

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Dimensions (Overall): 8.25 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W)

Weight: 1.25 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 256

Genre: Psychology

Sub-Genre: Interpersonal Relations

Publisher: Catapult

Format: Hardcover

Author: Amber Husain

Language: English

Street Date: April 13, 2027

TCIN: 1012860208

UPC: 9781646224050

Item Number (DPCI): 247-58-1888

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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