Marketing Violence - The Affective Economy of Violent Imageries in the Dutch Republic

"This Element describes the development of an affective economy of violence in the early modern Dutch Republic through the circulation of images. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core"--

List of contents

Introduction: The Affective Economy of Violence; 1. Engineering Images: Commercial Remediations of Violence; 2. Desire: From Theatrical Gaze to Deep Spectacle; 3. Interest: Collective Self-Interest Construed and Contested; 4. Control: Unruly Power ¿ Civilising Markets; 5. Exploitation: The Affects of Empire; Conclusion: The Violence of Markets; Bibliography.

Summary

This Element describes the development of an affective economy of violence in the early modern Dutch Republic through the circulation of images. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Foreword

This Element analyses how a new theatrical regime propelled by market forces established an early modern affective economy of violence.

Product details

• Authors: Frans-Willem Korsten, Frans-Willem (Universiteit Leiden) Leeman Korsten, Korsten Frans-Willem, Inger Leemans, Cornelis van der Haven, Karel Vanhaesebrouck, Vanhaesebrouck Karel
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2023
• EAN: 9781009246460
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0924646-0
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Histories of Emotions and the Senses
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Media Studies, History: specific events & topics, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, ART / History / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, ART / European, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, SELF-HELP / Emotions, History of art / art & design styles, Popular psychology, Psychology: emotions, Theatre Studies, Netherlands, History of Art, Social and cultural history, Literary studies: general, Violence in society, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Violence and abuse in society, Violence, intolerance and persecution in history, c 1492 to c 1808 (Spanish Early Modern period), Emotions and emotional intelligence