| New Media, Cultural Studies, and Critical Theory After Postmodernism: Automodernity from Zizek to Laclau 2009 Edition Contributor(s): Samuels, R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0230619819 ISBN-13: 9780230619814 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $49.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2010 Annotation: This book argues that we have moved into a new cultural period, automodernity, which represents a social, psychological, and technological reaction to postmodernity. In fact, by showing how individual autonomy is now being generated through technological and cultural automation, Samuels posits that we must rethink modernity and postmodernity. Part of this rethinking entails stressing how the progressive political aspects of postmodernism need to be separated from the aesthetic consumption of differences in automoderntiy. Choosing culturally relevant studies of The Matrix, Grand Theft Auto, Eminem and Jurassic Park, he interprets these medias through the lens of eminent theorists like Slavoj Zizek, Frederic Jameson, and Henry Jenkins. Ultimately, he argues that what defines postmodernity is the stress on social construction, secular humanism, and progressive social movements that challenge the universality and neutrality of modern reason. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Media Studies - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 306 |
| LCCN: 2009034112 |
| Series: Education, Psychoanalysis, and Social Transformation |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.1" W x 9.3" (1.10 lbs) 256 pages |