Reading Capitalist Realism

Acknowledgments

I would like to thank A. K. Summers for wit and argument, Franklin Summers for the point of view of Franklin Summers, Elizabeth Freeman for unstinting intellectual generosity, series editor Samuel Cohen for enthusiasm and early support, Andrew Hoberek for timely counsel , two manuscript readers for key interventions, and editor Elisabeth Chretien for her patient assistance in guiding this book through publication . —A. S. Like my co-editor, and for identical reasons, I would like to thank two anonymous reviewers from the University of Iowa Press, together with Samuel Cohen and Elisabeth Chretien. I would also like to thank the Affective Publics group at The University of Chicago, my wonderful New Faculty Speaker Series colleagues at Saint Mary’s University and Dalhousie University, and finally, Dehlia Hannah, for using the phrase “capitalist realism” in jest before I knew it was real. —L. C. L. A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S Reading Capitalist Realism ...