I am not sure if I have the philosophical to properly understand the book, its postulates and its implications, but it was such a great read. I won't deny it was a bit sad at times, seeing oneself and one's life being described as it is, but it's well worth it. Yes, it might be depressing, but knowing what one is up against and how one willingly gives up one's desires or aligns them with someone's/something's else while believing one is doing it by one's own uncorrupted free will it's the best way to counteract and analyse one's own actions. Being introduced to Spinoza's ideas just opened my mind further and will be reading him, hopefully soon.

Good introduction to Spinoza by way of Lordon's astute critique of the concept of Marxist telos. He questions the existence of alienation (you are never empty, you are occupied by/filled with something be it positive or negative), doubts the power of simply "seizing the means of production", and troubles the water on the often casually bandied about (espesh by me!) Leftist concepts of liberation and revolution. It is a short but challenging read and makes a good companion piece to something like Graeber's Bullshit Jobs.

Abstract arguments without examples and no real-world applicability.

Fascinating account of neoliberal capitalist employment relations. I hadn't read anything this intellectual/philosophical/academic in some time. If you like words like aporiae, co-linearisation, and epithumogenesis, this is the book for you! There is even a mathematical diagram with vectors and stuff. Certainly lots going on to think about here like our voluntary servitude to our capitalist masters.