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Lauren Berlant - Cruel Optimism - New Paperback - S9000z

Description: About this Item The item is a book Paperback The Author Name is Lauren Berlant The Title is Cruel Optimism Condition New Other Comments Pages Count - 352. Category - Social Science Product Description - A relation of cruel optimism exists when something you desire is actually an obstacle to your flourishing. Offering bold new ways of conceiving the present, Lauren Berlant describes the cruel optimism that has prevailed since the 1980s, as the social-democratic promise of the postwar period in the United States and Europe has retracted. People have remained attached to unachievable fantasies of the good life-with its promises of upward mobility, job security, political and social equality, and durable intimacy-despite evidence that liberal-capitalist societies can no longer be counted on to provide opportunities for individuals to make their lives "add up to something." Arguing that the historical present is perceived affectively before it is understood in any other way, Berlant traces affective and aesthetic responses to the dramas of adjustment that unfold amid talk of precarity, contingency, and crisis. She suggests that our stretched-out present is characterized by new modes of temporality, and she explains why trauma theory-with its focus on reactions to the exceptional event that shatters the ordinary-is not useful for understanding the ways that people adjust over time, once crisis itself has become ordinary. Cruel Optimism is a remarkable affective history of the present. We Use Stock Images Because we have over 2 million items for sale we have to use stock images, this listing does not include the actual image of the item for sale. The purchase of this specific item is made with the understanding that the image shown in this listing is a stock image and not the actual item for sale. For example: some of our stock images include stickers, labels, price tags, hyper stickers, obi's, promotional messages, signatures and or writing which may not be available in the actual item. When possible we will add details of the items we are selling to help buyers know what is included in the item for sale. The details are provided automatically from our central master database and can sometimes be wrong. Books are released in many editions and variations, such as standard edition, re-issue, not for sale, promotional, special edition, limited edition, and many other editions and versions. The Book you receive could be any of these editions or variations. If you are looking for a specific edition or version please contact us to verify what we are selling. Gift Ideas This is a great Christmas gift idea. Hours of Service We have many warehouses, some of the warehouses process orders seven days a week, but the Administration Support Staff are located at a head office location, outside of the warehouses, and typically work only Monday to Friday. Location ID 9000z iHaveit SKU ID 167399217

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Fiction/Non-Fiction: Non-Fiction

Genre/Subject: Social Science

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Length: 157

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Weight: 0.51

Number of Pages: 352 Pages

Language: English

Publication Name: Cruel Optimism

Publisher: Duke University Press

Publication Year: 2011

Subject: Sociology / General, Social History, Popular Culture, Semiotics & Theory, Motivational & Inspirational

Item Height: 0.8 in

Type: Textbook

Item Weight: 18.4 Oz

Item Length: 9.2 in

Author: Lauren Berlant

Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Social Science, Self-Help, History

Item Width: 6.1 in

Format: Trade Paperback

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