Essays about: "late-capitalism"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the word late-capitalism.
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1. The suffocating enjoyment of the Other: An ideology critique of enjoyment in the mediatisation of the climate crisis
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaAbstract : This thesis explores how the Lacanian concept of ‘the enjoyment of the Other’ (la jouissance de l’Autre) can be applied to break open normative understandings of the political factors shaping the climate crisis deadlock. The principal aim is to investigate how ostensibly disconnected environmental debates may be regarded as linked by an economy of enjoyment, more precisely by the promise of enjoyment by which the subject is libidinally attached to an ideology. READ MORE
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2. Framing “contemporaneity” in public museums of art and visual culture in the 21st Century : A study of the impact of acquisition policies of the Moderna Museet and M+ through the lens of actor-network theories
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetikAbstract : In the 21st century, public museums who are collecting contemporary art has simultaneously begun to reframe the role of museums in society. Two museums – the Moderna Museet of Stockholm and M+ of Hong Kong that have completely different historic and geographic backgrounds, as well as operating models are now working closely with their acquisitions and collections to draw audience of old and new closer to them. READ MORE
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3. Back to the Future: The Return of 'the 1980s' in Western Popular Culture and its Political Implications
University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Pedagogik; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global StudiesAbstract : Over the last five to ten years there has been a re-emergence of ‘the 1980s’ in western popular culture. From music and fashion, to television and film, the decade has made a sustained and emphatic return across many countries. READ MORE
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4. The Phenomenon of Airbnb in Havana : A late-capitalism phenomenon in one of the last remaining socialist countries
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Romanska och klassiska institutionenAbstract : .... READ MORE
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5. The Emergence of the social strike - A new opportunity for labour?
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/ Sociologiska institutionenAbstract : In recent years a new emergent form of collective action – the social strike – has been discussed in social movement networks. So far, the concept of social strike has only surfaced briefly in previous research and this article aims to deepen the understanding of the concept and why it is emerging in our historical moment. READ MORE
