The Post-Human Society :
Kanth, Rajani,
The Post-Human Society : Elemental Contours of the Aesthetic Economy of the United States / Rajani Kanth. - Warsaw ; Berlin : De Gruyter Open Poland, [2015] ©2015 - 1 online resource (112 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1 Foreword -- 2 Sex (and Sublimity) -- 3 Money (and Materiality) -- 4 Health (and Healing) -- 5 Politics (and Power) -- 6 Sport (and Shadowplay) -- 7 Race (and Reason) -- 8 Entertainment (and Edification) -- 9 Soul (and Spirituality) -- 10 Afterword
The Post-Human Society is a rich, unique, path-breaking, belletristic and literary 'crie de coeur' work - a lyrical expose of all the internal infelicities (social, political, aesthetic) of the United States of America. In its vivid contrasting of the mores of competition, avarice, and greed to communitarian, co-respecting and co-operative values, it abounds with colorful, vibrant, breathtaking images and tropes. Utilizing a novel, First Person Narrative, the author Rajani Kanth offers a poignant critique of the rabid, runaway materialism that has been the bane of all modernist, European societies, to date. It is evocative in its approach to the fading genre of the iconic anthropology/sociology classics of the yesteryear. Ultimately, it is a critique of the ruling ethos of our times: Eurocentrism - i.e., selfish and acquisitive materialism, of which the contemporary USA is the trend-setter and the unchallenged gold standard. DR. RAJANI KANTH has an MA in Social Anthropology from the Delhi School of Economics, India, and a PhD in Economics from the New School for Social Research, New York, USA. After serving as Economic Advisor to the UN in New York, he taught as University Professor, and is currently based at Harvard University.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
This eBook is made available Open Access. Unless otherwise specified individually in the content, the work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) license:
In English.
9783110455311
2016429728
Aesthetics--Economic aspects--History--United States--21st century.
Alienation (Social psychology)--History.--United States
Americans--Social life and customs--United States--21st century.
Culture--Economic aspects--History--United States--21st century.
Economic history and conditions.
Philosophical anthropology--United States.
Sociology (General).
Values--United States.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History.
Post-Humanism, American culture, Materialism-Amorality.
E169.12 / .R27 2015 HN59.2
330
The Post-Human Society : Elemental Contours of the Aesthetic Economy of the United States / Rajani Kanth. - Warsaw ; Berlin : De Gruyter Open Poland, [2015] ©2015 - 1 online resource (112 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1 Foreword -- 2 Sex (and Sublimity) -- 3 Money (and Materiality) -- 4 Health (and Healing) -- 5 Politics (and Power) -- 6 Sport (and Shadowplay) -- 7 Race (and Reason) -- 8 Entertainment (and Edification) -- 9 Soul (and Spirituality) -- 10 Afterword
The Post-Human Society is a rich, unique, path-breaking, belletristic and literary 'crie de coeur' work - a lyrical expose of all the internal infelicities (social, political, aesthetic) of the United States of America. In its vivid contrasting of the mores of competition, avarice, and greed to communitarian, co-respecting and co-operative values, it abounds with colorful, vibrant, breathtaking images and tropes. Utilizing a novel, First Person Narrative, the author Rajani Kanth offers a poignant critique of the rabid, runaway materialism that has been the bane of all modernist, European societies, to date. It is evocative in its approach to the fading genre of the iconic anthropology/sociology classics of the yesteryear. Ultimately, it is a critique of the ruling ethos of our times: Eurocentrism - i.e., selfish and acquisitive materialism, of which the contemporary USA is the trend-setter and the unchallenged gold standard. DR. RAJANI KANTH has an MA in Social Anthropology from the Delhi School of Economics, India, and a PhD in Economics from the New School for Social Research, New York, USA. After serving as Economic Advisor to the UN in New York, he taught as University Professor, and is currently based at Harvard University.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
This eBook is made available Open Access. Unless otherwise specified individually in the content, the work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) license:
In English.
9783110455311
2016429728
Aesthetics--Economic aspects--History--United States--21st century.
Alienation (Social psychology)--History.--United States
Americans--Social life and customs--United States--21st century.
Culture--Economic aspects--History--United States--21st century.
Economic history and conditions.
Philosophical anthropology--United States.
Sociology (General).
Values--United States.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History.
Post-Humanism, American culture, Materialism-Amorality.
E169.12 / .R27 2015 HN59.2
330