Culture as weapon. The art of influence in everyday life. Nato Thompson.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York N.Y. : London : Melville House Publishing. 2017.Description: xii, 272 pages. 22cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781612195735
- 1612195733
- 306 THO
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The production of culture was once the domain of artists, but beginning in the early 1900s, the emerging fields of public relations, advertising and marketing transformed the way the powerful communicate with the rest of us. A century later, the tools are more sophisticated than ever, the onslaught more relentless. In Culture as Weapon, acclaimed curator and critic Nato Thompson reveals how institutions use culture to ensure profits and constrain dissent - and shows us that there are alternatives.
Includes notes (pages 261 - 272)
The production of culture was once the domain of artists, but beginning in the early 1900s, the emerging fields of public relations, advertising, and marketing transformed the way the powerful communicate with the rest of us. A century later, the tools are more sophisticated than ever, the onslaught more relentless. In this book Nato Thompson reveals how institutions use art and culture to ensure profits and constrain dissent, he shows us that there are alternatives. An eye-opening account of the way advertising, media, and politics work today, this book offers a radically new way of looking at our world.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Introduction (p. vii)
- 1 The Real Culture War (p. 3)
- 2 The Persuaders (p. 25)
- 3 The Persuaders, Part II (p. 53)
- 4 Fear Machines (p. 75)
- 5 The Real Estate Show (p. 97)
- 6 The Insurgents: Community-Based Practice as Military Methodology (p. 125)
- 7 Sounding the Trumpet: Charity and the Image of Doing Good (p. 155)
- 8 Corporate Sociability: IKEA, the Apple Store, Starbucks, and Other Corporate Annexes of the Civic (p. 183)
- 9 The Ever-So-Personal Computer (p. 213)
- Acknowledgments (p. 259)
- Notes (p. 261)