Culture Control Critique

Allegories of Reading the Present

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy
Cover of the book Culture Control Critique by Frida Beckman, Rowman & Littlefield International
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Author: Frida Beckman ISBN: 9781783488025
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield International Publication: May 3, 2016
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield International Language: English
Author: Frida Beckman
ISBN: 9781783488025
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield International
Publication: May 3, 2016
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield International
Language: English

When “revolution” becomes a recurring theme in mainstream culture, where do we look for the tools for a critical engagement with the present? Addressing the link between allegory and cultural critique in contemporary culture and resisting the thematic abstraction of sexy, fast, revolutionary content, this book suggests that one way is to pay attention not so much to content as to form.

Culture Control Critique provides an analysis of how representations of political systems in contemporary mainstream culture may be understood not so much by looking at their apparent critical message but by shifting our critical gaze to an underlying and recurring political logic that controls the desire for political change.

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When “revolution” becomes a recurring theme in mainstream culture, where do we look for the tools for a critical engagement with the present? Addressing the link between allegory and cultural critique in contemporary culture and resisting the thematic abstraction of sexy, fast, revolutionary content, this book suggests that one way is to pay attention not so much to content as to form.

Culture Control Critique provides an analysis of how representations of political systems in contemporary mainstream culture may be understood not so much by looking at their apparent critical message but by shifting our critical gaze to an underlying and recurring political logic that controls the desire for political change.

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