Main entry:

Toscano, Alberto, 1977- author.

Title & Author:

Cartographies of the absolute / Albert Toscano & Jeff Kinkle.

Publication:

Winchester, UK ; Washington [D.C.], USA : Zero Books, 2015.

Description:

xiv, 296 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-296).
Introduction. The limits of the known universe, or cognitive mapping revisited -- The aesthetics of the economy. Prologue : what does the spectacle look like? ; Capitalism and panorama ; Seeing socialism -- Cities and crises. Prologue : slums and flows ; Werewolf hunger (New York, 1970s) ; Baltimore as world and representation (The Wire, 2002-2008 ; Filming the crisis (2008- ) -- Monsieur le capital and madame la terre. Prologue : cargo cult ; The art of logistics ; Landscapes of dead labour.

Summary:

"Can capital be seen? Cartographies of the Absolute surveys the disparate answers to this question offered by artists, film-makers, writers and theorists over the past few decades. It zones in on the crises of representation that have accompanied the enduring crisis of capitalism, foregrounding the production of new visions and artifacts that wrestle with the vastness, invisibility and complexity of the abstractions that rule our lives."--Publisher description.

ISBN:

9781780992754 (pbk.)
1780992750 (pbk.)

Subject:

Capitalism Philosophy.
Capitalism Social aspects.
Capitalism Economic aspects.
Capital.
Capitalism Art.
Capitalism in literature.
Consumption (Economics) in motion pictures.
Cognitive maps (Psychology)
Capitalisme dans la littérature.
Consommation (Économie politique) au cinéma.
Cartes cognitives.
Capitalism.
Economic history.
Kapitalismus
Amerikabild
United States Economic conditions.
États-Unis Conditions économiques.
United States.
USA

Form/genre:

Art.

Added entries:

Kinkle, Jeff, author.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 291546
Call No.: BIB 235255
Status: Available