Late Modern Transformations by Mark Hearn - 9781350591752

Late Modern TransformationsA Cultural History of Acceleration, 1960-2011\nAuthor(s): Mark Hearn\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bloomsbury Academic\nISBN-13: 9781350591752, 978-1350591752\nSynopsis\nHow should late modernity be defined, and its history interpreted? This book critically reflects upon the dynamics and disruptions of transformative change that occurred between the mid-20th century to the early-21st, focusing on themes of political economy, culture, war and terrorism, and the growing conflict between material progress and its impact on the natural world.\n\nIntroducing the trope of acceleration, the irrepressible dynamics of production and exploitation that stimulate modern progress, this book shows how acceleration has intensified over those few decades, and how this intensity has increasingly provoked historical interpretation. Late Modern Transformations provides a synoptic analysis of issues and developments emblemati?