Crisis in the Global Mediasphere [electronic resource] : Desire, Displeasure and Cultural Transformation /
Lewis, J.author.
Crisis in the Global Mediasphere examines the evolution of contemporary global crises as an effect of mediation and cultural change. The book argues that a crisis consciousness has emerged through the interaction of crisis conditions and a more expansive human desire for pleasure.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Imagining the end : crisis culture and the pleasure economy -- Grand fraud : new capitalism, financial crisis and the economy of pleasure -- Reckless desire : love, sexuality and infinite bliss -- Global inequalities : changing world conditions -- The shadow and the fawn : sustainable nature and collapsing ecologies -- Fear and trembling : the vicissitudes of global terror -- Conclusion : visions of the beginning.
Crisis in the Global Mediasphere examines the evolution of contemporary global crises as an effect of mediation and cultural change. The book argues that a crisis consciousness has emerged through the interaction of crisis conditions and a more expansive human desire for pleasure.
Communication.
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