Renata Salecl: 3 books
by Renata Salecl
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
We frequently hear that we live in an age of anxiety, from 'therapy culture', the Atkins diet and child anti-depressants to gun culture and weapons of mass destruction. While Hollywood regularly cashes in on teenage anxiety through its Scream franchise, pharmaceutical companies churn out new drugs...
The Spoils of Freedom
Psychoanalysis, Feminism and Ideology after the Fall of Socialism
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2002
The rise of nationalist, racist and anti-feminist ideologies is one of the most frightening repercussions of the collapse of socialism. Using psychoanalytic theories of fantasy to investigate why such extremist ideologies have taken hold, Renata Salecl argues that the major social and political changes...
Exploiting Childhood
How Fast Food, Material Obsession and Porn Culture are Creating New Forms of Child Abuse
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2013
Children deserve to live a life that is safe from exploitation and harm, but are we failing in our duty to protect them?
Childhood today is big business - it is impossible for any child growing up to avoid pervasive and intense marketing from companies. Whether it be for fatty foods resulting...