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Title Age of icons : exploring philanthrocapitalism in the contemporary world / edited by Gavin Fridell and Martijn Konings
Published Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 214 pages)
Contents "In the age of icons, major iconic figures play an ever-increasing role in political life. In emotionally charged and contradictory ways, contemporary icons convey boundless faith in a better world under construction while simultaneously embracing the status quo, lashing out at the ills of global capitalism, while at the same time representing and defending its triumphant possibilities and inevitable forward march. Today's icons offer the promise of limitless change without changing the limits of existing society, which is central to their popularity as well as to their defining contradiction: Western icons conduct widely celebrated superhuman feats with only modest, pragmatic outcomes."
Summary "In the age of icons, major iconic figures play an ever-increasing role in political life. In emotionally charged and contradictory ways, contemporary icons convey boundless faith in a better world under construction while simultaneously embracing the status quo, lashing out at the ills of global capitalism, while at the same time representing and defending its triumphant possibilities and inevitable forward march. Today's icons offer the promise of limitless change without changing the limits of existing society, which is central to their popularity as well as to their defining contradiction: Western icons conduct widely celebrated superhuman feats with only modest, pragmatic outcomes."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-214) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Social change.
Celebrities.
Celebrities -- Political activity
Philanthropists.
Capitalism.
Neoliberalism.
philanthropists.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Services.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Philanthropy & Charity.
Capitalism
Celebrities
Celebrities -- Political activity
Neoliberalism
Philanthropists
Social change
Form Electronic book
Author Fridell, Gavin, author, writer of introduction, editor
Konings, Martijn, 1975- writer of introduction, editor.
ISBN 9781442696228
1442696222