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352 pages • first pub 2011 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780822350972
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Edition Pub Date: 11 October 2011
Description
A relation of cruel optimism exists when something you desire is actually an obstacle to your flourishing. Offering bold new ways of conceiving the present, Lauren Berlant describes the cruel optimism that has prevailed since the 1980s, as the soc...
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352 pages • first pub 2011 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780822350972
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Edition Pub Date: 11 October 2011
Description
A relation of cruel optimism exists when something you desire is actually an obstacle to your flourishing. Offering bold new ways of conceiving the present, Lauren Berlant describes the cruel optimism that has prevailed since the 1980s, as the soc...