Adam Kotsko
Autore di Why We Love Sociopaths: A Guide To Late Capitalist Television
Sull'Autore
Adam Kotsko is Assistant Professor of Humanities at Shimer College in Chicago. His books include Why We Love Sociopaths (2012) and Politics of Redemption (2010).
Fonte dell'immagine: By Shimer College, 2011, licensed CC-BY: http://www.flickr.com/photos/shimercollege/6095409360/in/set-72157627550762528
Opere di Adam Kotsko
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Kotsko, Adam
- Data di nascita
- 1980
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Nazione (per mappa)
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Flint, Michigan, USA
- Istruzione
- Olivet Nazarene University (BA)
Chicago Theological Seminary (Ph.D.) - Attività lavorative
- Humanities professor, Shimer College
- Breve biografia
- Adam Kotsko (b. 1980) is an American writer on theology, philosophy and popular culture, also known for his contributions to the blogosphere. His printed works include Why We Love Sociopaths (2012), Awkwardness (2010), and the authoritative Žižek and Theology (2008). Kotsko joined the faculty of Shimer College in Chicago in 2011, teaching the humanities component of Shimer's Great Books curriculum. Kotsko earned his BA at Olivet Nazarene University, and his MA and Ph.D. at the Chicago Theological Seminary. (from Shimer College Wiki)
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- Opere
- 13
- Utenti
- 325
- Popolarità
- #72,884
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 2
- ISBN
- 35
- Lingue
- 1
- Preferito da
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Unfortunately this slim but entertaining book doesn't meet this lofty tagline. While there is an introductory Freudian reading of the concept of creepiness, Kotsko feels it might be a modern English translation of Unheimlich as opposed to the standard Uncanny. Soon after the introduction this phenomenon is explored through cinematic and TV examples. I have a cursory knowledge of most of the examples cited but felt this an inchoate or simply flawed pursuit.
This book belongs to a trilogy of works where the author confronts Awkwardness, our riveting interest in sociopaths and now this. Is there a solution? The author advises white straight males to move out of the spotlight.
As if.
It is intriguing that he wrote this book during the Obama years when Secretary Clinton was certainly going to be next president. Who could have anticipated the backlash -- first to the election of DJT but then the climate change which is #MeToo? The final event/movement made the discussion of the show Louis more than a little unsettling. Kotsko looks forward to a future of hysteria but only as an illumination.
As I age I find myself present in the world and do as little as possible to present myself as creepy. I harbor doubts about the effectiveness of such. A friend asked me yesterday if I was too preoccupied with The Holocaust. I wasn't sure and asked around: my friend Tim said, that for a gentile, perhaps--but he gave me a pass since "I was woke."… (altro)