Crisis Cultures

Narratives of Western Modernity in the Digital Age

Nicholas Manganas (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

236 Seiten

2024
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic (Verlag)
978-1-6669-3521-9 (ISBN)

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In Crisis Cultures: Narratives of Western Modernity in the Digital Age, Nicholas Manganas argues that crisis should be understood not as a series of isolated events, but as a constitutive state intrinsic to modern Western societies. He explores how this perpetual state of crisis intensifies underlying societal tensions and reshapes cultural and political dynamics. Drawing on a diverse range of case studies, including the Capitol Hill riots in the United States, and analyses from countries such as Spain and Greece, Manganas explores how both digital and traditional media perpetuate crisis narratives that significantly influence contemporary cultural identities and shape political discourses. His analysis also engages with the emotional and temporal aspects of crises, particularly focusing on how digital environments, through their ambient influence, shape and sustain these states of crisis. By reinterpreting the concept of crisis through an interdisciplinary lens that includes historical, political and cultural analysis, the author offers a compelling analysis of its role in shaping the present and futures contours of Western societies.

Nicholas Manganas is senior lecturer in international studies and global societies at the University of Technology Sydney.

Chapter One

The Experience is Out of Joint

Chapter Two

Crisis Ambientality

Chapter Three

Confabulations

Chapter 4

Queering Crisis

Erscheinungsdatum	27.09.2024
Sprache	englisch
Maße	161 x 235 mm
Gewicht	540 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-6669-3521-2 / 1666935212
ISBN-13	978-1-6669-3521-9 / 9781666935219
Zustand	Neuware