Cultures of the Extreme From

Examines extremity as a political and cultural phenomenon in the late 20th and early 21st century. It argues that we can discern a ‘continuum of extremes/extremity’ on which we may locate practices as diverse as Abu Ghraib, extreme sports, biomedical TV series and horror films.

List of contents

Introduction / 1. Spaces of the Extreme / 2. Aesthetics and the Extreme / 3. Everyday, Vulnerability and the Extreme / 4. Vulnerability, Biovalues and Witnessing (In)Human Extremes / Conclusion / Bibliography / Index

About the author

Pramod K. Nayar teaches English at the University of Hyderabad, India.

Summary

Examines extremity as a political and cultural phenomenon in the late 20th and early 21st century. It argues that we can discern a ‘continuum of extremes/extremity’ on which we may locate practices as diverse as Abu Ghraib, extreme sports, biomedical TV series and horror films.

Product details

• Authors: Pramod K Nayar, Pramod K. Nayar, Nayar Pramod K.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2017
• EAN: 9781783483655
• ISBN: 978-1-78348-365-5
• Series: Critical Perspectives on Theory, Culture and Politics; Critical Perspectives on Theor; Critical Perspectives on Theory, Culture and Politics; Critical Perspectives on Theor
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Western philosophy from c 1800, Social and cultural anthropology, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -