Book Review: The Circle of the Snake: Nostalgia and Utopia in the Age of Big Tech by Grafton Tanner

Jamie Ranger reviews The Circle of the Snake by Grafton Tanner. The Circle of the Snake grapples with the political consequences of the cultural turn to nostalgia, specifically the dynamic tension between the radical nostalgia required to contest the incessant homogeneity of cultural reproduction a...

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Main Author: Jamie Ranger
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Language:English
Published: Paderborn University: Media Systems and Media Organisation Research Group 2021-07-01
Series:tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique
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Online Access:https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/1276
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Book Review: The Circle of the Snake: Nostalgia and Utopia in the Age of Big Tech by Grafton Tanner
tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique
algorithms
social media
nostalgia
capitalist realism
control society
title Book Review: The Circle of the Snake: Nostalgia and Utopia in the Age of Big Tech by Grafton Tanner
title_full Book Review: The Circle of the Snake: Nostalgia and Utopia in the Age of Big Tech by Grafton Tanner
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title_short Book Review: The Circle of the Snake: Nostalgia and Utopia in the Age of Big Tech by Grafton Tanner
title_sort book review the circle of the snake nostalgia and utopia in the age of big tech by grafton tanner
topic algorithms
social media
nostalgia
capitalist realism
control society
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