What are the predominant aesthetics of the twenty-first century? Thorsten Botz-Bornstein argues that deculturation, embodied by the conspicuous vulgarity of kitsch, is the overriding visual language of our times. Drawing on the work of Islam scholar Olivier Roy, who argued that …
"What are the predominant aesthetics of the twenty-first century? Thorsten Botz-Bornstein argues that deculturation, embodied by the conspicuous vulgarity of kitsch, is the overriding visual language of our times. Drawing on the work of Islam scholar Olivier Roy, who argued that…
In this work, social critic Thomas Frank examines the morphing of the language of democracy into the jargon of the marketplace. He traces an idea he calls "market populism"--The notion that markets are, in some transcendent way, identifiable with democracy and the will of the pe…
In this work, social critic Thomas Frank examines the morphing of the language of democracy into the jargon of the marketplace. He traces the notion that markets are, in some transcendent way, identifiable with democracy and the will of the people.
Kitsch-or tacky, simplistic art and art forms-is used by various political actors to shape and limit what we know about ourselves, what we know about our past and our future, as well as what our present-day public policy options might be. Using a plethora of historic and contemp…
Kitsch-or tacky, simplistic art and art forms-is used by various political actors to shape and limit what we know about ourselves, what we know about our past and our future, as well as what our present-day public policy options might be. Using a plethora of historic and contemp…
