The Paranoid Chronotope: Power, Truth, Identity
The Paranoid Chronotope: Power, Truth, Identity Why does it seem like our everyday life is shadowed by something menacing? Centering on what it identifies as three key dimensions - power, truth, and…
Specifikacia The Paranoid Chronotope: Power, Truth, Identity
The Paranoid Chronotope: Power, Truth, Identity
Why does it seem like our everyday life is shadowed by something menacing? Centering on what it identifies as three key dimensions - power, truth, and identity - in three different contexts - society, literature, and critique - the book explores and explains the increasing influence of paranoid thinking in American society during the second half of the twentieth century and first decades of the twenty-first, a period that has seen the rise of control systems and neoliberal ascendency.Inquiring about the predominance of white, male, American subjects in paranoid culture, Frida Beckman recognizes the antagonistic maintenance and fortification of a conception of the autonomous individual that perceives itself to be under threat. This book identifies and illuminates paranoia as a significant feature of contemporary American society and culture.
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