Crisis and Criticism : : Literary, Cultural and Political Essays, 2009-2021 / / Benjamin Noys.
"Crisis and Criticism is a series of interventions from 2009 to 2021 engaging with the literary, cultural and political responses to the capitalist crisis of 2007-8. Challenging the tendency to treat crisis as natural and beyond human control, this book interrogates our cultural understanding o...
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| Superior document: | Historical Materialism Book Series ; Volume 307 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill nv,, [2024] ©2024 |
| Year of Publication: | 2024 |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Historical materialism book series ;
Volume 307. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (490 pages). |
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| Summary: | "Crisis and Criticism is a series of interventions from 2009 to 2021 engaging with the literary, cultural and political responses to the capitalist crisis of 2007-8. Challenging the tendency to treat crisis as natural and beyond human control, this book interrogates our cultural understanding of crisis and suggests the necessity of ruthless criticism of the existing world. While responses to crisis have retreated from the critical, choosing to inhabit apocalyptic fantasies instead, only a critical understanding of the causes of crisis within capitalism itself can promise their eventual overcoming"-- |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9004689583 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Benjamin Noys. |