Capitalism And The Enchanted Screen
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Capitalism And The Enchanted Screen
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Author : Aleksandr Andreas Wansbrough
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2020-12-10
Capitalism And The Enchanted Screen written by Aleksandr Andreas Wansbrough and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-10 with Social Science categories.
Myths such as Narcissus' reflection, Pandora's box, and Plato's cave have been used to frame modern technological dangers; often to describe people absorbed in their own digital reflections. Such speculation either purports that technology has a magical power or else that technology merely represents human nature unchanged from the myth's inception. But those accounts ignore the paradoxical understandings of the power relationships allegorized, where people are manipulated by higher forces beyond their comprehension. Working from the assumption that capitalism rather than God is the highest power, this book examines mythic anticipations of the screen and digital technology from European literature, poetry, folklore and philosophy. Digital technology and social media are approached not as reflections of human nature but capitalist ideology's power to enchant. To this end, Capitalism and the Enchanted Screen also surveys a diverse variety of films, digital media and contemporary artworks to understand and critique how myths are reimagined today.
Representations Of Precarity In South Asian Literature In English
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Author : Om Prakash Dwivedi
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2022-10-15
Representations Of Precarity In South Asian Literature In English written by Om Prakash Dwivedi and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-15 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book analyzes precarious conditions and their manifestations in recent South Asian literature in English. Themes of disability, rural-urban division, caste, terrorism, poverty, gender, necropolitics, and uneven globalization are discussed in this book by established and emerging international scholars. Drawing their arguments from literary works rooted in the neoliberal period, the chapters show how the extractive ideology of neoliberalism invades the cultural, political, economic, and social spheres of postcolonial South Asia. The book explores different forms of “precarity” to investigate the vulnerable and insecure life conditions embodied in the everyday life of South Asia, enabling the reader to see through the rhetoric of “rising Asia”.
Re Orienting The Fairy Tale
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Author : Mayako Murai
language : en
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Release Date : 2020-08-25
Re Orienting The Fairy Tale written by Mayako Murai and has been published by Wayne State University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-25 with Literary Criticism categories.
New approaches to decenter Eurocentric perspectives in fairy tales and lift up storytelling cultures across the globe.
Allegories Of The End Of Capitalism
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Author : Milo Sweedler
language : en
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
Release Date : 2020-01-31
Allegories Of The End Of Capitalism written by Milo Sweedler and has been published by John Hunt Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-31 with Performing Arts categories.
In Allegories of the End of Capitalism, Milo Sweedler examines how filmmakers from six different countries, across four continents, give narrative and audio-visual form to the frustration and anger that burst into public view in 2011, the ongoing class war between the super-rich and the rest of the world's population, and the insurrection that it yet to come. Films examined include Melancholia, Cosmopolis, Suffragette, Django Unchained, Elysium and Snowpiercer. "Allegories of the End of Capitalism ventures beyond the typical ambit of Hollywood Left productions to provide astute readings of six films from around the globe that agitate for revolution.' - Kirk Boyle, co-editor of The Great Recession in Fiction, Film, and Television
Capitalism
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Author : Victor D. Lippit
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2005
Capitalism written by Victor D. Lippit and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Business & Economics categories.
This imaginative and ambitious book rethinks the nature of capitalism. Lippit, a leading heterodox economist in the USA, here delivers a comparative study of different forms of capitalism. He first critically examines the three main capitalist prototypes: * the Anglo-American, market-driven version * the welfare-state capitalism of continental Europe * the state-led capitalism of East Asia. After investigating their various intricacies, he then goes on to analyze the common weaknesses of each different strand. A provocative and stimulating read, this book will be welcomed by postgraduates and professionals in the fields of economics and political economy.
Introducing Capitalism
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Author : Dan Cryan
language : en
Publisher: Icon Books Ltd
Release Date : 2014-06-05
Introducing Capitalism written by Dan Cryan and has been published by Icon Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-05 with Business & Economics categories.
Capitalism now dominates the globe, both in economics and ideology, shapes every aspect of our world and influences everything from laws, wars and government to interpersonal relationships. Introducing Capitalism tells the story of its remarkable and often ruthless rise, evolving through strife and struggle as much as innovation and enterprise. Dan Cryan and Sharron Shatil, with Piero's brilliant graphics, cover the major economic, social and political developments that shaped the world we live in, such as the rise of banking, the founding of America and the Opium Wars.The book explores the leading views for and against, including thinkers like Adam Smith, Karl Marx, Theodor Adorno and Milton Friedman, the connections between them and their historical context. Few ideas have had as much impact on our everyday lives as capitalism. Introducing Capitalism is the essential companion.
A Mile Of Make Believe
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Author : Steve Penfold
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2016-01-01
A Mile Of Make Believe written by Steve Penfold and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-01 with Business & Economics categories.
A Mile of Make Believe examines the unique history of the Santa Claus parade in Canada. This volume focuses on the Eaton's sponsored parades that occurred in Toronto, Montreal and Winnipeg as well as the shorter-lived parades in Calgary and Edmonton. There is also a discussion of small town alternatives, organized by civic groups, service clubs, and chambers of commerce. By focusing on the pioneering effort of the Eaton's department store Steve Penfold argues that the parade ultimately represented a paradoxical form of cultural power: it allowed Eaton's to press its image onto public life while also reflecting the decline of the once powerful retailer. Penfold's analysis reveals the "corporate fantastic" - a visual and narrative mix of meticulous organization and whimsical style- and its influence on parade traditions. Steve Penfold's considerable analytical skills have produced a work that is simultaneously a cultural history, history of business and commentary on consumerism. Professional historians and the general public alike would be remiss if this wasn't on their holiday wish list.
Capitalism And Material Life 1400 1800
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Author : Fernand Braudel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
Capitalism And Material Life 1400 1800 written by Fernand Braudel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Capitalism categories.
The Spectacle 2 0
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Author : Marco Briziarelli
language : en
Publisher: University of Westminster Press
Release Date : 2017-12-17
The Spectacle 2 0 written by Marco Briziarelli and has been published by University of Westminster Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-17 with Social Science categories.
Spectacle 2.0 recasts Debord's theory of spectacle within the frame of 21st century digital capitalism. It offers a reassessment of Debord’s original notion of Spectacle from the late 1960s, of its posterior revisitation in the 1990s, and it presents a reinterpretation of the concept within the scenario of contemporary informational capitalism and more specifically of digital and media labour. It is argued that the Spectacle 2.0 form operates as the interactive network that links through one singular (but contradictory) language and various imaginaries, uniting diverse productive contexts such as logistics, finance, new media and urbanism. Spectacle 2.0 thus colonizes most spheres of social life by processes of commodification, exploitation and reification. Diverse contributors consider the topic within the book’s two main sections: Part I conceptualizes and historicizes the Spectacle in the context of informational capitalism; contributions in Part II offer empirical cases that historicise the Spectacle in relation to the present (and recent past) showing how a Spectacle 2.0 approach can illuminate and deconstruct specific aspects of contemporary social reality. All contributions included in this book rework the category of the Spectacle to present a stimulating compendium of theoretical critical literature in the fields of media and labour studies. In the era of the gig-economy, highly mediated content and President Trump, Debord’s concept is arguably more relevant than ever.
Lotte Reiniger
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Author : Whitney Grace
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2017-08-11
Lotte Reiniger written by Whitney Grace and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-11 with Performing Arts categories.
For three years during the 1920s, in an attic in Potsdam, a young woman crafted what is today the oldest surviving animated feature film. Equipped with scissors, cardboard, sheets of lead, glass panes and a camera, animation pioneer Lotte Reiniger filmed Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed (The Adventures of Prince Achmed) using a technique of frame-by-frame silhouette animation she developed, inspired by Chinese shadow puppetry. As the result of a number of factors—her gender, her German ethnicity, World War II and a lack of funding—Reiniger became a footnote in animation history. Yet her 60–plus films plainly show her skill and dedication to her craft. This detailed account of her life and work describes her significant contributions to animation, puppetry, Weimar cinema and modern filmmaking.