{"product_id":"the-machine-anxieties-of-steampunk-9781501349324","title":"The Machine Anxieties of Steampunk","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is steampunk and why are people across the globe eagerly embracing its neo-Victorian aesthetic? Old-fashioned eye goggles, lace corsets, leather vests, brass gears and gadgets, mechanical clocks, the look appears across popular culture, in movies, art, fashion, and literature. But steampunk is both an aesthetic program and a way-of-life and its underlying philosophy is the key to its broad appeal. Steampunk champions a new autonomy for the individual caught up in today's technology-driven society. It expresses optimism for the future but it also delivers a note of caution about our human role in a world of ever more ubiquitous and powerful machines. Thus, despite adopting an aesthetic and lifestyle straight out of the Victorian scientific romance, steampunk addresses significant 21st-century concerns about what lies ahead for humankind. The movement recovers autonomy from prevailing trends even as it challenges us to ask what it is to be human today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Machine Anxieties of Steampunk\u003c\/i\u003e provides a fascinating insight into the contemporary art movement’s relationship to current thinking and major philosophical trends. Importantly, it brings to focus the struggle of today’s individual as she navigates our complex and technologically networked world. Kathe Albrecht reveals that steampunk—egalitarian, inclusive, optimistic—offers a bridge to the future. It is only when we open up the traditional art history canon, as Albrecht does here, that we can forge a path forward that recognizes the contributions of all. * Susan Fisher Sterling, The Alice West Director, National Museum of Women in the Arts, USA *\u003cbr\u003eKathe Albrecht’s book opens our eyes to a whole new field of  philosophical and aesthetic inquiry, and marks a significant turn in the current debates concerning the future of Homo sapiens. * George Smith, Founder and President, and Edgar E. Coons, Jr. Professor of New Philosophy, Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts, USA *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Plates List of Figures Acknowledgments  Introduction  1. The Origins of Steampunk: Science Fiction and Victoriana 2. The Victorian\/Steampunk Connection: Upheaval, Discovery and the Birth of Modernism 3. The Steampunk Aesthetic in Contemporary Visual Art 4. Performing Steampunk 5. Steampunk’s Challenge to Contemporary Philosophy 6. Beyond Steampunk  Notes Bibliography","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409312063831,"sku":"9781501349324","price":90.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-machine-anxieties-of-steampunk-9781501349324","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}