| Why We Love Sociopaths: A Guide to Late Capitalist Television Contributor(s): Kotsko, Adam (Author) |
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ISBN: 178099091X ISBN-13: 9781780990910 Publisher: Zero Books OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Media Studies - Performing Arts | Television - General |
| Dewey: 791.456 |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 5.4" W x 8.5" (0.20 lbs) 107 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Adam Kotsko argues that the popularity of the ruthless sociopath reflects our dissatisfaction with a failed social contract, showing that we believe that the world rewards the evil and uncaring rather than the good. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kotsko, Adam: - Adam Kotsko is Assistant Professor of Humanities at Shimer College, Chicago. He is the author of Zizek and Theology (2008), Politics of Redemption (2010), and Why We Love Sociopaths: A Guide to Late Capitalist Television (2012). He is the translator of Agamben's The Sacrament of Language (2010), The Highest Poverty (2013), Opus Dei (2013), Pilate and Jesus (forthcoming) and The Use of Bodies (forthcoming). He blogs at An und für sich (itself.wordpress.com). |