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Random Acts of Senseless Violence - The center cannot hold

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We talk about Jack Womack's "Random acts of senseless violence" - a "minute into the future" dystopia told from the perspective of a 12 year old girl. It's gritty and depressing, just our speed. Topics include: - How this is a horror story for the Bourgeois - The atomization of daily life - Hobbesian themes - Derrida and the duality between center and periphery - The merits of a political book with no obvious villain - The violence/mundanity barrier

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