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Mythomania : Tales of Our Times, From Apple to ISIS (Record no. 12124)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780500292587
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 306.09
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Personal name Conrad, Peter
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Title Mythomania : Tales of Our Times, From Apple to ISIS
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. England;
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Thames & Hudson;
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2016
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 248 Pages;
Other physical details Hardback
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Despite our cultures proclaimed respect for scientific reason, we live in a society that is no less bedazzled-and bedevilled-by myth than those of our remote ancestors.Roland Barthes first examined the mythical resonances of consumer products in the 1950s. Far from being demystified, consumerism has since morphed into a universal religion, its compulsory ritual of shopping essential to our economic survival. Myth has also invaded the political realm, as terrorists brandish black flags and recite theological mantras as they martyr themselves. Peter Conrads exhilarating book exposes the absurdity and occasional insanity of our godforsaken, demon-haunted contemporary culture. Conrad casts his brilliant beam upon subjects from The Queen to the Kardashians, via Banksy, Nandos, vaping, the vogue of the cronut, the mushroom-like rise of Dubai, the launch of the Large Hadron Collider, the growth of the Pacific garbage patch... In Judge Judy, he shows us a matronly Roman goddess dispensing justice with a fly swatter. In the metamorphosis of Caitlyn Jenner from Olympic athlete and paterfamilias into idealized female form, he sees parallels to the deeds of the residents of Mount Olympus themselves. Finally, after surveying advances in biomedical engineering and artificial intelligence, he asks whether we might be on the brink of a post-human world.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Civilization, Modern
Chronological subdivision 21st century.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Popular culture.
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General subdivision Philosophy.
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        Karachi Karachi Society and Politics 22/06/2018 1 306.09 PKLC022882 09/05/2019 22/06/2018 Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 3 24/02/2019
        Lahore Lahore Society and Politics 10/06/2018   306.09 PKLC021324 10/06/2018 10/06/2018 Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17