When Shock is No Longer Shocking: The Role of Seduction in Revitalizing Benjamin’s Dialectical Image Under Late-Capitalist Conditions

Walter Benjamin's conception of the dialectical image provided a strong foundation for the development of political art during the first half of the twentieth century. However, with the rise of late capitalism and its attendant reorganization of our experience of shock, culture, and history its...

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Main Author: AK Thompson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cultural Studies Association 2019-05-01
Series:Lateral
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.25158/L8.1.5