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Disposable Futures: The Seduction of Violence in the Age of Spectacle (City Lights Open Media) by Evans, Brad, Giroux, Henry A. is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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"Drawing inspiration from Guy Debord's Society of the Spectacle and a wide range of other free thinkers and intellectuals, Brad Evans and Henry A. Giroux analyze how today's dominant economic system-neoliberalism-uses consumerism, privatization, and mass media to neutralize and control the public's participation in its own affairs. The consequence, they argue, is a "mode of existence that encourages us all to become voyeurs of suffering, while denying us the ability of connecting subjugation and willful oppression to wider systemic forces." Brimming with ideas and insights, Disposable Futures offers a sweeping, big-picture critique of consumption-driven society and how state and corporate power use and abuse violence to redefine citizenship, national security, and economics in order to enrich the few. From movies and entertainment to extreme weather and acts of terror, Evans and Giroux take readers on a fascinating exploration of politics, culture, and power to expose how the production of spectacle shapes and controls social realities while diminishing meaningful civic life and community. Centered on the power of public education, Evans's and Giroux's critique is rooted in a deep
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- Author
- Evans, Brad, Giroux, Henry A.
- Publisher
- City Lights Books
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780872866591
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Sociology, Political Science, Government & Politics
- Rating
- 3.67 / 5 (40 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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