Beyond Compare

Brian Massumi is the author of numerous works across philosophy, political theory, and art theory, including the foundational Parables for the Virtual (2002). With Erin Manning and the 3Ecologies Project, he participates in the collective exploration of new ways of bringing philosophical and artistic practices into collaborative interaction.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction – Revaluing Value1 Envisioning the Virtual2 Aesthetic Frights and the Politics of Unspeakable Thought3 Virtual Ecology and the Question of Value4 The Parainstitutional Imperative: Towards an Anarchism of Value5 Immediation Unlimited6 What Thinking DoesReintroduction – Norms Behaving Badly: Normopathy TodayNotesBibliographyIndex

"Beyond Compare is a characteristically original and philosophically brilliant work that redefines 'value' as a dynamic, emergent force rooted in lived experience rather than fixed norms or economic measures… This book stands as a major contribution – arguably a culmination – of Massumi's influential oeuvre."Davide Panagia, UCLA"Registering both danger and beauty, Massumi revalues value itself for the ecology of a 'wider and wilder world.'"Catherine Keller, author of No Matter What: Crisis and the Spirit of Planetary Becoming