Scandalous Times: Contemporary Creativity and the Rise of State-Sanctioned Controversy
Autor Dr Alex Lingen Limba Engleză Hardback – 14 oct 2020
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781350068551
ISBN-10: 1350068551
Pagini: 208
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 mm
Greutate: 0.47 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1350068551
Pagini: 208
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 mm
Greutate: 0.47 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Caracteristici
Offers engaging and illuminating critical analyses of various contemporary scandals, including Donald Trump's infamous Access Hollywood recording and the 2017 Academy Awards' 'best film' fiasco
Notă biografică
Alex Ling is Senior Research Lecturer in Communication and Media Studies at Western Sydney University, Australia. He is the author of Badiou Reframed (2016) and Badiou and Cinema (2011) and co-editor and translator of Mathematics of the Transcendental (Bloomsbury, 2014).
Cuprins
Introduction: Notes on a ScandalPart I: Scandals1. The Big Reveal2. Chaos and NoveltyPart II: Foundations3. Grounds for Annulment4. Making Sense of EverythingPart III: Creation5. A Terrible Beauty6. Wresting with the ImpossiblePart IV: Controversy7. Brave New World8. The Real Problem
Recenzii
Alex Ling's Scandalous Times is a lucid argument that the realm of contemporary scandal is one in which everything changes so everything can stay the same. Against this conservatism, Ling provides a philosophical defence of the real scandal that would overturn our scandalous reality.
Alex Ling turns a much needed philosophical gaze on scandals, one of those key yet widely misunderstood concepts currently shaping our reactionary political age. Ling's lucid, challenging and thoroughly engaging analysis forces us to think of our current political moment as one saturated with "simulacral scandals" (or state-sanctioned controversies), both perversely satisfying an inevitable demand for shock and horror in times such as ours, and precluding any real change. Building on Badiouian philosophy, this timely and powerful book is not just a sharp and original account of how to think about scandals and the role they play in our societies, but a guide for how to reimagine them, and explore ways towards new political horizons and ultimately "the possibility of real happiness".
Alex Ling's new book presents a powerful argument on the nature of scandal and pseudo-scandal today through a concise and lucid account of Alain Badiou's theory of being and the scandalous event that occasionally irrupts within it, allowing for the possibility of real change. Along the way, Ling illuminates key aspects of the relationship between Badiou's thought and that of Jacques Lacan, and offers an important critique of contemporary media studies. Ling's book is a truly striking demonstration of the extraordinary potential of Badiou's thought for critical theory and cultural studies. It should be studied for its exemplary methodology as much for its original readings and conclusions.
Alex Ling turns a much needed philosophical gaze on scandals, one of those key yet widely misunderstood concepts currently shaping our reactionary political age. Ling's lucid, challenging and thoroughly engaging analysis forces us to think of our current political moment as one saturated with "simulacral scandals" (or state-sanctioned controversies), both perversely satisfying an inevitable demand for shock and horror in times such as ours, and precluding any real change. Building on Badiouian philosophy, this timely and powerful book is not just a sharp and original account of how to think about scandals and the role they play in our societies, but a guide for how to reimagine them, and explore ways towards new political horizons and ultimately "the possibility of real happiness".
Alex Ling's new book presents a powerful argument on the nature of scandal and pseudo-scandal today through a concise and lucid account of Alain Badiou's theory of being and the scandalous event that occasionally irrupts within it, allowing for the possibility of real change. Along the way, Ling illuminates key aspects of the relationship between Badiou's thought and that of Jacques Lacan, and offers an important critique of contemporary media studies. Ling's book is a truly striking demonstration of the extraordinary potential of Badiou's thought for critical theory and cultural studies. It should be studied for its exemplary methodology as much for its original readings and conclusions.