{"product_id":"replace-me-1","title":"Replace Me","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Amber Husain\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003epublished 5 November\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew, expanded edition with a foreword by Grace Blakeley and an afterword by the author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFear of being replaced has come to define the late-capitalist psyche. In an age of gig work and AI, more and more workers are threatened with replacement; meanwhile dating apps present both limitless choice and limitless competition, and demagogues stoke racist paranoia through myths of a ‘great replacement’ by immigrant populations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this wide-ranging essay, Amber Husain asks how we might redirect the fear, turning our replaceability from an individual weakness into a collective strength.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRadical, clear-sighted, and moving, \u003cem\u003eReplace Me\u003c\/em\u003e examines both the terror and the allure in fantasies of infinite replacement. Hailed by Chris Kraus as ‘one of the most sweeping assessments to date of neoliberalism’s psychic toll’, this new edition features a foreword by Daisy Lafarge and an afterword by the author.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAMBER HUSAIN\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer based in South London. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eReplace Me\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMeat Love\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eTell Me How You Eat\u003c\/em\u003e. Her essays on politics, literature and art have been published in \u003cem\u003eGranta\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eLRB\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNew Left Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe White Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBaffler\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLA Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e and\u003cem\u003e New York Times Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peninsula Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58264615387523,"sku":null,"price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/6230\/5432\/files\/ReplaceMecover.png?v=1781691321","url":"https:\/\/peninsulapress.co.uk\/products\/replace-me-1","provider":"Peninsula Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}