{"product_id":"muskism-quinn-slobodian","title":"Muskism (Quinn Slobodian)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An illuminating book that examines where Mr. Musk came from and the episodes that shaped his worldview. In many ways it is the inverse of Walter Isaacson's authorised biography. . . . the authors provide a portrait of his psyche that is arguably more revealing. . . . the resulting book is, you might say, a Musk-read.\" \u003ci\u003e -The Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMuskism\u003c\/i\u003e cuts straight to the core of the man and the moment, explaining how a mercurial, conspiracy-prone, vicious bastard can inspire loyalty and billions in other peoples' money, and the nightmare world he wants to build with those billions.\" -Cory Doctorow, author of \u003ci\u003eEnshittification\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn\u003ci\u003e Economist \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of 2026 - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e Most Anticipated Book of the Year - A \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times \u003c\/i\u003eMost Anticipated Nonfiction Book of the Year - A \u003ci\u003eKirkus \u003c\/i\u003eMost Anticipated Nonfiction Book of Spring 2026- A \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub \u003c\/i\u003eMost Anticipated Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA pyrotechnic examination of Elon Musk as a symptom and avatar of our postliberal age\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEveryone's got an Elon take. He's a messiah. A menace; a genius; a clown. The verdicts differ, but they share one theme: they treat him as an individual.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMuskism\u003c\/i\u003e argues otherwise. Elon Musk isn't a glitch in the system-he is the system. His worldview promises sovereignty through technology: plug in, power up, and become self-reliant. But the more you connect, the more he owns you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf Fordism defined the capitalism of the twentieth century, Muskism may define the twenty-first. Fordism helped build the welfare state. Musk undoes it. He thrives on dependence while preaching freedom. His cars run on subsidies; his satellites run the battlefield; his social networks train the AI that trains us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMuskism sells itself as the future but entrenches age-old hierarchies. It offers autonomy for some and exclusion for others. It's pro-natalist but anti-immigrant, futurist but reactionary. It speaks of humanity but warns against empathy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQuinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff cut through the hype and the hate to reveal what Musk really represents: a new political economy, where to be \"free\" means to serve a Technoking. Muskism isn't about the man. It's about the machine that made him-and the world he's making next. To read \u003ci\u003eMuskism\u003c\/i\u003e is to understand the machinery that made the man, and the world he's making next, based on his philosophy of power in the spheres of:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSilicon Valley:\u003c\/b\u003e A sharp analysis of Elon Musk as more than a tech CEO, introducing \"Muskism\" as a new Silicon Valley paradigm shaping artificial intelligence, startups, and 21st-century capitalism.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBig Tech, AI \u0026amp; the Future of Capitalism: \u003c\/b\u003eExamines Tesla, SpaceX, and digital platforms through concepts like techno-sovereignty, automation, and \"state symbiosis,\" revealing how Big Tech is restructuring markets, innovation, and economic power.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eGeopolitics, Power \u0026amp; the Tech Billionaire Era: \u003c\/b\u003eExplores how Musk's companies influence global politics, infrastructure, and governance-from satellite networks to energy systems-showing how private tech power is reshaping international relations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuinn Slobodian\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of international history at Boston University, and the author of several books including \u003ci\u003eGlobalists\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCrack-Up Capitalism \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHayek's Bastards. \u003c\/i\u003eThe last won the National Book Critics Circle award for Criticism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBen Tarnoff\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer and technologist based in Massachusetts and is the author of \u003cem\u003eInternet for the People\u003c\/em\u003e and the co-author of \u003cem\u003eVoices from the Valley: Tech Workers Talk About What They Do-And How They Do It\u003c\/em\u003e. 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