Crisis in the global mediasphere : desire, displeasure and cultural transformation /

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Author / Creator:Lewis, Jeff.
Imprint:Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Description:ix, 244 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8454637
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ISBN:9780230247420 (alk. paper)
0230247423 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Tables, Figures and Plates
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1. Imagining the End: Crisis Culture and the Pleasure Economy
  • 2. Grand Fraud: New Capitalism, Fantasy and Financial Crisis
  • 3. Reckless Desire: Love, Sexuality and Infinite Bliss
  • 4. Global Inequalities: Changing World Conditions
  • 5. The Shadow and the Fawn: Sustainable Nature and Collapsing Ecologies
  • 6. Fear and Trembling: The Vicissitudes of Global Terror
  • Conclusion: Visions of the Beginning
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index