The Ministry of Nostalgia

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The Ministry of Nostalgia

Why should we have to â€œKeep Calm and Carry Onâ€?

In this brilliant polemical rampage, Owen Hatherley shows how our past is being resold in order to defend the indefensible. From the marketing of a â€œmake do and mendâ€ aesthetic to the growing nostalgia for a utopian past that never existed, a cultural distraction scam prevents people grasping the truth of their condition.

The Ministry of Nostalgia explodes the creation of a false history: a rewriting of the austerity of the 1940s and 1950s, which saw the development of a welfare state while the nation crawled out of the devastations of war. This period has been recast to explain and offer consolation for the violence of neoliberalism, an ideology dedicated to the privatisation of our common wealth.

In coruscating proseâ€”with subjects ranging from Ken Loachâ€™s documentaries, Turner Prizeâ€“shortlisted video art, London vernacular architecture, and Jamie Oliverâ€™s cookingâ€”Hatherley issues a passionate challenge to the injunction to keep calm and carry on.
Country USA
Brand Verso
Manufacturer Verso
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber Illustrated
Color Red
ReleaseDate 2016-01-19
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9781784780753

Country	USA
Brand	Verso
Manufacturer	Verso
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	Illustrated
Color	Red
ReleaseDate	2016-01-19
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9781784780753

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