The Extreme in Contemporary Culture
：States of Vulnerability
( 1 )
Publication subTitle ：States of Vulnerability
Publication series ：1
Publisher： Rowman & Littlefield International
Publication year： 2017
E-ISBN: 9781783483679
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781783483655
Subject： B08 Schools of Philosophy and Its Research
Keyword： 哲学理论,文化人类学、社会人类学,社会学,文化理论,社会科学理论与方法论
Language： ENG
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Description
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.