Mark Fisher's Overview

Mark Fisher (11 July 1968 – 13 January 2017) was a highly influential British writer, critic, cultural theorist, philosopher, and academic. He was best known for his blog 'k-punk', which he began in 2003, and for his incisive analyses of contemporary culture, politics, and mental health through the lens of critical theory. His seminal work, 'Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?' (2009), explored the pervasive ideological atmosphere that capitalism is the only viable political and economic system, and how this affects culture and individual consciousness. Fisher's writing often engaged with themes of hauntology, the failures of neoliberalism, the politics of mental health (drawing from his own experiences with depression), and the relationship between popular culture (particularly music like post-punk, jungle, and electronic music, as well as film and television) and societal malaise. He taught at Goldsmiths, University of London, in the Department of Visual Cultures and was a founding member of the Cybernetic Culture Research Unit (CCRU). His work continues to resonate widely and inspire a new generation of thinkers, writers, and activists posthumously.

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