Foreverism

Grafton Tanner (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

144 Seiten

2023
Polity Press (Verlag)
978-1-5095-5805-6 (ISBN)

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What do cinematic “universes,” cloud archiving, and voice cloning have in common? They’re in the business of foreverizing – the process of revitalizing things that have degraded, failed, or disappeared so that they can remain active in the present. To foreverize something is to reanimate it, to enclose and protect it from time and the elements, and to eradicate the feeling of nostalgia that accompanies loss. Foreverizing is a bulwark against instability, but it isn’t an infallible enterprise. That which is promised to last forever often does not, and that which is disposed of can sometimes last, disturbingly, forever.

In this groundbreaking book, American philosopher Grafton Tanner develops his theory of foreverism: an anti-nostalgic discourse that promises growth without change and life without loss. Engaging with pressing issues from the ecological impact of data storage to the rise of reboot culture, Tanner tracks the implications of a society averse to nostalgia and reveals the new weapons we have for eliminating it.

Grafton Tanner is a professor at the University of Georgia and the author of The Hours Have Lost Their Clock: The Politics of Nostalgia.

1. When Nothing Ever Ends

2. Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost

3. Trapped In The Present

4. Now And Forever

Erscheinungsdatum	18.11.2023
Reihe/Serie	Theory Redux
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	130 x 193 mm
Gewicht	227 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-5095-5805-5 / 1509558055
ISBN-13	978-1-5095-5805-6 / 9781509558056
Zustand	Neuware