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Announcing the release of the 3rd Edition of The Existential Reader, now available as a downloadable PDF.
In this edition, essays are thematically linked to the "Spectacle" as identified by Guy Debord—the "social relation between people that is mediated by images". From the commodification of 19th-century urban wandering to the digital "brain rot" of modern political discourse, we explore why 21st-century culture feels like it's stuck on a high-definition loop.
What’s Inside:
The Spectacle of John Lennon’s Murder: An analysis of how the dehumanisation of celebrity turns human tragedy into a consumable product.
The Inversion of the Flâneur: A look at the grift of self-titled "Auditors" and "Citizen Journalists".
The Theatre of War: Understanding how Western media utilises kayfabe—wrestling-style scripted narratives—to normalise perpetual conflict.
The Traitors & The Gangster Film: How contemporary entertainment mirrors the cut-throat, dog-eat-dog ethics of late-stage capitalism.
Ghosts of Futures Past: Using Mark Fisher’s hauntology to explain why we are "reselling the past" rather than inventing a new future.
Announcing the release of the 3rd Edition of The Existential Reader, now available as a downloadable PDF.
In this edition, essays are thematically linked to the "Spectacle" as identified by Guy Debord—the "social relation between people that is mediated by images". From the commodification of 19th-century urban wandering to the digital "brain rot" of modern political discourse, we explore why 21st-century culture feels like it's stuck on a high-definition loop.
What’s Inside:
The Spectacle of John Lennon’s Murder: An analysis of how the dehumanisation of celebrity turns human tragedy into a consumable product.
The Inversion of the Flâneur: A look at the grift of self-titled "Auditors" and "Citizen Journalists".
The Theatre of War: Understanding how Western media utilises kayfabe—wrestling-style scripted narratives—to normalise perpetual conflict.
The Traitors & The Gangster Film: How contemporary entertainment mirrors the cut-throat, dog-eat-dog ethics of late-stage capitalism.
Ghosts of Futures Past: Using Mark Fisher’s hauntology to explain why we are "reselling the past" rather than inventing a new future.