Utopia of Crime

In this essay, Mark Featherstone proposes to explore the « culture of cruelty », in reference to Henry Giroux’s work, through a consideration of the violence endemic in American culture and what he calls the kinetic utopia of globalised neo-liberal capitalism. The neo-liberal capitalism has become characterised by a new brand of violent futurism comparable to the form celebrated by Marinetti and Boccioni in 1920s Italy and that in much the same way that futurism… (more)

In this essay, Mark Featherstone proposes to explore the « culture of cruelty », in reference to Henry Giroux’s work, through a consideration of the violence endemic in American culture and what he calls the kinetic utopia of globalised neo-liberal capitalism. The neo-liberal capitalism has become characterised by a new brand of violent futurism comparable to the form celebrated by Marinetti and Boccioni in 1920s Italy and that in much the same way that futurism connected to Fascist and National Socialist thought, this new cultural form can be seen to have links to an ideology of the saved and the damned in global capitalism. Mark Featherstone explores a new brand of post-modern apocalypticism written into the new religious fundamentalisms that have emerged into the light of our hyper-rational globalised world.

Cet ouvrage est une publication des ÉDITIONS D-FICTION (édition numérique) proposée simultanément en français et en anglais.

Une version imprimée « bilingue français-anglais » est programmée et sera distribuée en librairie par R’DIFFUSION.

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Auteur : Mark Featherstone.

Conception graphique : Juan Clemente.

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