Going Nowhere, Slow: The Aesthetics and Politics of Depression (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781789042146)

Using examples from art and literature, Frantzen explores the social, political and economic implications of both real and imagined depression. Is feeling blue a symptom of the death of progress? Was the suicide of David Foster Wallace a proverbial canary in a coal mine? Margaret Thatcher once declared that there is no alternative to the social order that we now reside within. Have we accepted her slogan as a fact, and is that why so many are on Prozac and other anti-depressants? Frantzen examines the works of Michel Houellebecq, Claire Fontaine and David Foster Wallace as he seeks out an answer and a way to formulate a new future oriented left movement.

Author: Mikkel Frantzen
ISBN-10: 1789042143
ISBN-13: 9781789042146
Publisher: Zero Books
Language: English
Published: 11/04/2019
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.60d