Reading the Future
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2163822 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anthony Alessandrini, Anthony C Alessandrini (0000-0002-5067-1625, Kent State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 211-229 |
| Publication date | 2003-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cultural Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0950-2386 • E-ISSN: 1466-4348 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0950238032000071703 |
| OpenAlex | W1975360946 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 4 |
This essay asks how cultural studies practitioners can begin to found a critical practice that responds to the events of September 11 and their aftermath. Using Theodor Adorno' concept of ‘semi-erudition’, as developed in his analysis of horoscope readers in ‘The Stars Down to Earth’, together with Homi Bhabha' arguments about the links between racial stereotyping and fetishism, it is argued that those working in the discipline of cultural studies must respond to the multi-layered address of the official discourse regarding the ‘war on terrorism’ without becoming complacent about our own position vis-à-vis this discourse. The author connects this argument with a reading of Herman Melville' novella Benito Cereno to discuss the problem of American ‘innocence’ in this context. The concluding question is how, in the face of the current crisis, to begin to practice a truly responsive ‘criticism’, in the full sense of the term, one able to provide a different reading of the present and in turn affect the future
Aesthetics · Argument (complex analysis · Art · Context (archaeology · Criticism · Epistemology · Face (sociological concept · Fetishism · Innocence · Literature · Media studies · Novella · Political science · Reading (process · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · History · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law · Philosophy · Political theory and Gramsci
The gendering of alcohol in consumer magazines
Media oracles
Utopia or Dystopia? Exploring the Prospective Efficacy of Women, Life, Freedom Movement in Future
Futures Studies, Mobilities, and the Postdigital Condition
“Those Five Glenties Women”
An examination of independent fiscal councils and their orientation to the future and policy making
Preempting the future
Preempting the past
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2026 (22) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |