Culture Control Critique: Allegories of Reading the Present

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When “revolution” becomes a recurring theme in mainstream culture, where do we look for the tools for a critical engagement with the present? Addressing the link between allegory and cultural critique in contemporary culture and resisting the thematic abstraction of sexy, fast, revolutionary content, this book suggests that one way is to pay attention not so much to content as to form. Culture Control Critique provides an analysis of how representations of political systems in contemporary mainstream culture may be understood not so much by looking at their apparent critical message but by shifting our critical gaze to an underlying and recurring political logic that controls the desire for political change. Contents Acknowledgements Preface Introduction Chapter One: Culture, Control, Critique Chapter Two: Formalism/Allegory/Totality Chapter Three: Space, Allegory, Control Chapter Four: Time, Allegory, Control Chapter Five: Vision, Allegory, Control Chapter Six: Conclusion Bibliography Index