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The Male Simulacrum: Algorithmic Masculinity

The Male Simulacrum: Algorithmic Masculinity

Drake, Lemoine

Paperback

Philosophy

ISBN10: 9083639509
ISBN13: 9789083639505
Publisher: Z-1 Press
Published: Dec 12 2025
Pages: 148
Weight: 0.46
Height: 0.34 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Why organise with fellow workers for a living wage when you are too busy grinding to become a billionaire? Why build community when you can hack your cortisol? Why fight the system when you can buy the aesthetic of rebellion? Why does the modern man-outwardly optimized and digitally connected-feel like a ghost in his own life?The Male Simulacrum argues that his loneliness is not a personal failure, but the logical outcome of a centuries-long con. Tracing a line from the mythic frontiersman to the tech bro, this book reveals how capitalism has continually rewritten the ideal man to serve its economic needs, leaving behind a hollow, market-ready shell. The result is a man who mistakes performance for purpose, metrics for meaning, and the anxiety of never being enough for the engine of ambition itself. This book is an autopsy of that ghost-and a map for the living to find their way out.

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