{"product_id":"traumachine","title":"Traumachine (2026)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTraumachine: Artificial Intelligence \u0026amp; Techno-Fascism (2026)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eby Frédéric Neyrat (Trans. \u003cem\u003e0nty\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eForthcoming\u003cbr\u003eTo be released December 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReserve you copy and get a discount by preordering now!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThere are too many machines.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eHumanity is panicking, traumatized by the proliferation of AI, drones, automated decision making, and the general dissolution of institutions that act as pillars of the world we live in. This trauma, however, also extends to the capitalist machine—which appears to be disentangling itself, or becoming detached from reality—and is producing absurd objects in a state of distress. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e“The machine,” as we know it, has no access to the world in such a way that would align with Sigmund Freud’s understanding of trauma as the “white hole” at the heart of the unconscious. Yet, Frédéric Neyrat, going beyond Freud, grants the capacity for trauma to all beings—whether rocks, trees or animals—arguing that trauma is the very condition for existence, as taking a form comes at the cost of discarding everything else. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ePerhaps the question is not “what must we add to AI for it to be conscious?” but rather “what must be taken away?” Calling it \u003cb\u003ethe amachine\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003el’amachine\u003c\/i\u003e), Neyrat explores this idea of a machine that had undergone sufficient traumatization for it to constitute a form of intelligence, one which differentiates from human and mechanical, offering thusly a counter-image to the narratives of Silicon Valley. This is a machine that \u003cb\u003elacks\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eTraumachine\u003c\/i\u003e challenges both neo-Luddite and accelerationist inclinations, seeking out a different strategy \u003ci\u003evis-a-vis\u003c\/i\u003e AI and other \u003cb\u003eontological generation machines\u003c\/b\u003e: machines that produce and schematize reality. While resisting the call to merely “smash the machines,” Neyrat concedes no ground to the tech-accelerationist narratives of Musk and Thiel, warning us that completely giving over the tasks of thinking, imagining and communicating to automated processes risks the emergence of \u003cb\u003eartificial fascism\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eHaving spent many years developing a method he calls \u003cb\u003eexophilosophy\u003c\/b\u003e—a synthesis of critical analysis and poetics—Neyrat uses cut-up prose, parables and micro-fictions to disrupt the language of AI at the level of grammar. In this case, \u003ci\u003eTraumachine\u003c\/i\u003e sets prophecy against prediction in the form of a book that is part political analysis, part philosophical fiction and in part a practical proposal for living with the machines we already have.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eDETAILS:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eFrédéric Neyrat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslator: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e0nty\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEditorial: \u003c\/b\u003eBecoming Press (\u003ci\u003e0nty\u003c\/i\u003e, Claire)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLayout \u0026amp; Design:\u003c\/b\u003e Becoming\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003e1\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/b\u003e15\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e November 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCat\u003cu\u003e\u003csup\u003eNO\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e(Becoming)018A\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN Print:\u003c\/b\u003e 978-9925-647-15-6\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN eBook: \u003c\/b\u003e978-9925-647-16-3\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Softcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eSewn Binding\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 12cm x 19cm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e Approx. 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrint run:\u003c\/b\u003e 1000\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrinted by: \u003c\/b\u003eTallinn Book Printers, Estonia\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Becoming","offers":[{"title":"Print","offer_id":61228515000654,"sku":"18A-1","price":13.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital","offer_id":61228515033422,"sku":"18A-2","price":5.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Print \u0026 Digital","offer_id":61228515066190,"sku":"18A-3","price":15.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0773\/0328\/4046\/files\/18A_FRONTFORTHCOMING.png?v=1791643449","url":"https:\/\/shop.becoming.press\/products\/traumachine","provider":"BECOMING","version":"1.0","type":"link"}