Foreverism

1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-5095-5805-6
Verlag: Polity Press

Buch, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Format (B × H): 124 mm x 191 mm, Gewicht: 230 g

What do cinematic “universes,” cloud archiving, and voice cloning have in common? They’re in the business of foreverizing – the process of revitalizing things that have degraded, failed, or disappeared so that they can remain active in the present. To foreverize something is to reanimate it, to enclose and protect it from time and the elements, and to eradicate the feeling of nostalgia that accompanies loss. Foreverizing is a bulwark against instability, but it isn’t an infallible enterprise. That which is promised to last forever often does not, and that which is disposed of can sometimes last, disturbingly, forever.

In this groundbreaking book, American philosopher Grafton Tanner develops his theory of foreverism: an anti-nostalgic discourse that promises growth without change and life without loss. Engaging with pressing issues from the ecological impact of data storage to the rise of reboot culture, Tanner tracks the implications of a society averse to nostalgia and reveals the new weapons we have for eliminating it.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tanner, Grafton

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 20./21. Jahrhundert
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. When Nothing Ever Ends

2. Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost

3. Trapped In The Present

4. Now And Forever

Über Autor(innen)

Grafton Tanner is a professor at the University of Georgia and the author of The Hours Have Lost Their Clock: The Politics of Nostalgia.