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Going Nowhere, Slow : The Aesthetics and Politics of Depression
Overview
Using examples from art and literature, Frantzen explores the social, political and economic implications of both real and imagined depression. Is feeling blue a symptom of the death of progress? Was the suicide of David Foster Wallace a proverbial canary in a coal mine? Margaret Thatcher once declared that there is no alternative to the social order that we now reside within. Have we accepted her slogan as a fact, and is that why so many are on Prozac and other anti-depressants? Frantzen examines the works of Michel Houellebecq, Claire Fontaine and David Foster Wallace as he seeks out an answer and a way to formulate a new future oriented left movement.
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- ISBN-13: 9781789042146
- ISBN-10: 1789042143
- Publisher: Zer0 Books
- Publish Date: November 2019
- Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.7 pounds
- Page Count: 240
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