"What is needed today are books that combine the lesson of poststructuralism (historical character of our knowledge, its dependence on a social and linguistic context) with a robust approach to nature. In short, what is needed are books like Oxana Timofeeva's Solar Politics, which combines the analysis of sun as a planetary phenomenon, both constructive and destructive, with an inquiry into the complex metaphoric dimension of the signifier 'sun.' This book is not just a book..., it is THE book we have been waiting for."Slavoj ?i?ek, University of Ljubljana
AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Two suns and the city1. Two kinds of violence2. General economy3. Restrictive violence of capitalConclusion: Sun is a comradeNotes
Oxana Timofeeva is a Professor at the European University at St. Petersburg, a lead researcher at Tyumen State University, and a member of the artistic collective Chto Delat