{"product_id":"capitalism-and-the-enchanted-screen-aleksandr-andreas-wansbrough-9781501372445","title":"Capitalism and the Enchanted Screen: Myths and Allegories in the Digital Age","description":"Myths such as Narcissus' reflection, Pandora's box, and Plato's cave have been used to frame modern technological dangers; often to describe people absorbed in their own digital reflections. Such speculation either purports that technology has a magical power or else that technology merely represents human nature unchanged from the myth's inception. But those accounts ignore the paradoxical understandings of the power relationships allegorized, where people are manipulated by higher forces beyond their comprehension. Working from the assumption that capitalism rather than God is the highest power, this book examines mythic anticipations of the screen and digital technology from European literature, poetry, folklore and philosophy. Digital technology and social media are approached not as reflections of human nature but capitalist ideology's power to enchant. To this end, \u003ci\u003e Capitalism and the Enchanted Screen\u003c\/i\u003ealso surveys a diverse variety of films, digital media and contemporary artworks to understand and critique how myths are reimagined today\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aleksandr Andreas Wansbrough\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501372440\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501372445\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.47d","brand":"Aleksandr Andreas Wansbrough","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44073716941055,"sku":"9781501372445","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5bbb7a86-ba86-42c4-8504-6f6666b0d54c.jpg?v=1685449486","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/capitalism-and-the-enchanted-screen-aleksandr-andreas-wansbrough-9781501372445","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}