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Cool Capitalism
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Jim McGuigan
- ISBN: 9780745326405
- Extent: 288pp
- Release Date: 09 Oct 2009
- Size: 215mm x 135mm
- Format: Hardback
- Illustrations: 1 figure
- Category: Cultural Studies
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Product Description
Thomas Frank coined the term ‘the conquest of cool’. This book shows how this conquest is at the heart of the dynamics of contemporary capitalism.
Jim McGuigan argues that 'cool capitalism' incorporates disaffection into capitalism itself, absorbing rebellion and thereby neutralising opposition to the present system of culture and society.
McGuigan explores a huge variety of cultural examples, from the sleek images of mainstream advertising, to the fringes of artistic production, offering a vigourous critique of our understanding of subversion, resistance and counter-culturalism.
Has capitalism really colonised our planet? McGuigan shows that there is still some space left for rebellion against the seductive power of the free market economy.
About The Author
Jim McGuigan is Professor of Cultural Analysis at Loughborough University, UK. He is the author of several books, including Cultural Populism (1992), Culture and the Public Sphere (1996), Modernity and Postmodern Culture (1999, 2nd edn 2006), Rethinking Cultural Policy (2004) and Cultural Analysis (2009).
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