The Fascination with Violence in Contemporary Society When Crime is Sublime (Repost)
Oriana Binik, "The Fascination with Violence in Contemporary Society: When Crime is Sublime"
English | 2019 | ISBN: 3030267431 | PDF | pages: 301 | 3.5 mb
This book directly explores the question of why contemporary society is so fascinated with violence and crime.The Fascination with Violence in Contemporary Society posits that the phenomenon is, in part, because we have all become consumers of the sublime: an intense and strongly ambiguous emotion which is increasingly commodified. Through the experience of violence and the sense of disorientation that accompanies it, we obsessively seek out moments of intensified existence.Equally, crime continues to speak to the depths of the collective unconscious, questioning us about our transience and the model of society we wish to live in. Binik proposes that this is why the reaction to violence has become a tool with which to express and take ownership of a desire for social cohesion.