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The Already Dead: The New Time of Politics, Culture, and Illness
Eric Cazdyn
The Already Dead: The New Time of Politics, Culture, and Illness
Eric Cazdyn
Considers how a culture of crisis management - what the author calls "the new chronic" - has come to dominate various aspects of contemporary life, from biomedicine to economics to politics. This title unravels the logic of the new chronic where people find themselves suspended in a space between life and death.
240 pages, 11 illustrations, 4 charts
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | April 16, 2012 |
ISBN13 | 9780822352280 |
Publishers | Duke University Press |
Pages | 240 |
Dimensions | 156 × 234 × 15 mm · 338 g |
Language | English |