Image Control: Art, Fascism, and the Right to Resist by Nathan, Patrick

Image Control: Art, Fascism, and the Right to Resist

Susan Sontag meets Hanif Abdurraqib in this fascinating exploration of the unexpected connections between how we consume...
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Author: Patrick Nathan
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Image Control: Art, Fascism, and the Right to Resist by Nathan, Patrick

Image Control: Art, Fascism, and the Right to Resist

$68.70

Image Control: Art, Fascism, and the Right to Resist

$68.70
Author: Patrick Nathan
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Susan Sontag meets Hanif Abdurraqib in this fascinating exploration of the unexpected connections between how we consume images and the insidious nature of Fascism.

Images come at us quickly, often without context. A photograph of Syrian children suffering in the wake of a chemical attack segues into a stranger's pristine Instagram selfie. Before we can react to either, a new meme induces a laugh and a share. While such constant give and take might seem innocent, even entertaining, this barrage of content numbs our ability to examine critically how the world, broken down into images, affects us. Images without context isolate us, turning everything we experience into mere transactions. It is exactly this alienation that leaves us vulnerable to fascism--a reactionary politics that is destroying not only our lives and our nations, but also the planet's very ability to sustain human civilization.

Who gets to control the media we consume? Can we intervene, or at least mitigate the influence of constant content? Mixing personal anecdotes with historical and political criticism, Image Control explores art, social media, photography, and other visual mediums to understand how our culture and our actions are manipulated, all the while building toward the idea that if fascism emerges as aesthetics, then so too can anti-fascism. Learning how to ethically engage with the world around us is the first line of defense we have against the forces threatening to tear that world apart.

Author: Patrick Nathan
Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
Published: 08/17/2021
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.60w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781640094536


Review Citation(s):
Foreword 06/26/2021
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2021
Shelf Awareness 11/30/2021

About the Author
PATRICK NATHAN is the author of Some Hell, a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award. His short fiction and essays have appeared in The New Republic, American Short Fiction, Gulf Coast, The Baffler, and elsewhere. He lives in Minneapolis.

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