The briefest of introductions : What, why, how -- The rant -- The regime -- Ranting against the regime -- Living under a lousy orthodoxy -- Special topic rants -- Neoliberal A.I. -- The briefest of conclusions : So what? Why bother? How does this matter? "Kirk Combe theorizes a…
"Kirk Combe theorizes a new type of contemporary political satire: the Rant. Grim, imaginative, and complex in its blending of genres, the Rant targets the Regime-the dangerous social and economic orthodoxies of neoliberalism and neoconservatism"--
Since 1980, when neoliberal and neoconservative forces began their hostile takeover of western culture, a new type of political satire has emerged that works to unmask and deter those toxic doctrines. Literary and cultural critic Kirk Combe calls this new form of satire the Rant…