The Machine Anxieties of Steampunk: Contemporary Philosophy, Victorian Aesthetics, and the Future

Author:   Kathe Hicks Albrecht (Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts, USA)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Pages:   240
Publication Date:   19 September 2024
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Author:   Kathe Hicks Albrecht (Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts, USA)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Visual Arts
ISBN:  

9781501384271


ISBN 10:   1501384279
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   19 September 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Introduction 1. The Origins of Steampunk: Science Fiction and Victoriana 2. The Victorian/Steampunk Connection: Upheaval, Discovery and the Birth of Modernism 3. The Steampunk Aesthetic in Contemporary Visual Art 4. Performing Steampunk 5. Steampunk’s Challenge to Contemporary Philosophy 6. Beyond Steampunk Bibliography Notes Index

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The Machine Anxieties of Steampunk provides a fascinating insight into the contemporary art movement's relationship to current thinking and major philosophical trends. Importantly, it brings to focus the struggle of today's individual as she navigates our complex and technologically networked world. Kathe Albrecht reveals that steampunk-egalitarian, inclusive, optimistic-offers a bridge to the future. It is only when we open up the traditional art history canon, as Albrecht does here, that we can forge a path forward that recognizes the contributions of all. --Susan Fisher Sterling, The Alice West Director, National Museum of Women in the Arts, USA Kathe Albrecht's book opens our eyes to a whole new field of philosophical and aesthetic inquiry, and marks a significant turn in the current debates concerning the future of Homo sapiens. --George Smith, Founder and President, and Edgar E. Coons, Jr. Professor of New Philosophy, Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts, USA


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Kathe Hicks Albrecht is a philosophy, aesthetics, and art theory instructor at the Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts, USA. She has taught in the college classroom, educational seminars, and professional workshops. Her work on educational issues is broadly published and has appeared in Art Documentation, MCN SPECTRA, Getty Institute Publications, among others.

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