A Sense of Apocalypse: Technology, Textuality, Identity - Couverture rigide

Mazurek, Marcin

 
9783631648124: A Sense of Apocalypse: Technology, Textuality, Identity
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 363164812X ISBN 13 : 9783631648124
Editeur : Peter Lang AG, 2014

Synopsis

Reaching into the depths of the collective unconscious, A Sense of Apocalypse explores and re-interprets one of the West's primordial fears, namely that of the apocalyptic closure of both cultural praxis and individual experience. Yet, in contrast to popular connotations of the term, apocalypse is viewed here in terms of a transitional narrative locating the subject at the intersection of technological determinism, pop-cultural imagination, postmodern urbanism and digital textuality. All these form the components of a new post-apocalyptic landscape, which not only produces a new identity informed by dissolving post-Enlightenment paradigms, but also conjures up hints at a large number of existential possibilities triggered by late-capitalist technologies and their cultural consequences.

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À propos de l?auteur

Marcin Mazurek is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of English Cultures and Literatures at the University of Silesia (Poland). His research focuses on postmodern theory, culture-technology relationship and visual culture. He is the author of a number of articles in the above-mentioned fields.

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Éditeur
Peter Lang AG
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
363164812X
ISBN 13 
9783631648124
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
138
Coordonnées du fabricant
r.boehm-korff@peterlang.com
r.boehm-korff@peterlang.com

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