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Speculation can only occur in the course of action, in the heat of practice, in the thick of experience. [It] is immanent critique, insofar as it does not seek to distance itself from experience but rather to intervene . . . through a particular form of disciplined action. Hannah Arendt famously distinguished action from behavior, by remarking that genuine action begins something new in the world. So does speculation, as the many projects, art works, and arguments in this book so vividly illustrate. --Arjun Appadurai, from the foreword

[A]n eloquent and intricate political work of art and writing. -- Marc Tremblay * Broken Pencil *

[A]n eloquent and intricate political work of art and writing. -- Marc Tremblay * Broken Pencil *

Speculation can only occur in the course of action, in the heat of practice, in the thick of experience. [It] is immanent critique, insofar as it does not seek to distance itself from experience but rather to intervene ... through a particular form of disciplined action. Hannah Arendt famously distinguished action from behavior, by remarking that genuine action begins something new in the world. So does speculation, as the many projects, art works, and arguments in this book so vividly illustrate. -- Arjun Appadurai, from the foreword

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Vyjayanthi Venuturupalli Rao is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at The New School. Prem Krishnamurthy, a designer and curator based in New York, is a founder of the award-winning design studio Project Projects. Carin Kuoni is Director and Curator of the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School, a public research laboratory dedicated to exploring the relationship between political and aesthetic practices.

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