{"product_id":"the-machine-anxieties-of-steampunk-kathe-hicks-albrecht-9781501349324","title":"The Machine Anxieties of Steampunk: Contemporary Philosophy, Victorian Aesthetics, and the Future","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat is steampunk and why are people across the globe eagerly embracing its neo-Victorian aesthetic? Old-fashioned eye goggles, lace corsets, leather vests, brass gears and gadgets, mechanical clocks, the look appears across popular culture, in movies, art, fashion, and literature. But steampunk is both an aesthetic program and a way-of-life and its underlying philosophy is the key to its broad appeal. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSteampunk champions a new autonomy for the individual caught up in today's technology-driven society. It expresses optimism for the future but it also delivers a note of caution about our human role in a world of ever more ubiquitous and powerful machines. Thus, despite adopting an aesthetic and lifestyle straight out of the Victorian scientific romance, steampunk addresses significant 21st-century concerns about what lies ahead for humankind. The movement recovers autonomy from prevailing trends even as it challenges us to ask what it is to be human today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kathe Hicks Albrecht\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501349325\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501349324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Visual Arts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/04\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Kathe Hicks Albrecht","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46721366491391,"sku":"9781501349324","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_18c28c58-1096-4480-aeea-856c3041902c.jpg?v=1742752647","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-machine-anxieties-of-steampunk-kathe-hicks-albrecht-9781501349324","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}