Disposable Futures: The Seduction of Violence in the Age of Spectacle

by Brad Evans, Henry A. Giroux, Brad Evans

Book Overview

"This is a must-read book for anyone ready to transcend fear and imagine a new reality."--Tikkun

Disposable Futures makes the case that we have not just become desensitized to violence, but rather, that we are being taught to desire it.

From movies and other commercial entertainment to "extreme" weather and acts of terror, authors Brad Evans and Henry Giroux examine how a contemporary politics of spectacle--and disposability--curates...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0872866580
• ISBN13: 9780872866584
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: City Lights Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 7.9"