LEADER 04226nam 2200733 450 001 9910137391703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a3-11-045546-3 010 $a3-11-045531-5 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110455311 035 $a(CKB)3710000000553308 035 $a(WaSeSS)IndRDA00057444 035 $a(DE-B1597)460485 035 $a(OCoLC)940518637 035 $a(OCoLC)979783434 035 $a(OCoLC)980224765 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110455311 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4179784 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11123904 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/56712 035 $a(CaSebORM)9783110455465 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4179784 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000553308 100 $a20190119d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe post-human society $eelemental contours of the aesthetic economy of the United States /$fRajani Kanth ; managing editor, Maria Laura Parisi ; associate editor, Ewa Feder-Sempach 210 $cDe Gruyter$d2015 210 1$aWarsaw ;$aBerlin :$cDe Gruyter Open,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (100 pages) 311 $a3-11-045530-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgements -- $tPreface -- $t1 Foreword -- $t2 Sex (and Sublimity) -- $t3 Money (and Materiality) -- $t4 Health (and Healing) -- $t5 Politics (and Power) -- $t6 Sport (and Shadowplay) -- $t7 Race (and Reason) -- $t8 Entertainment (and Edification) -- $t9 Soul (and Spirituality) -- $t10 Afterword 330 $aThe Post-Human Society is a rich, unique, path-breaking, belletristic and literary 'crie de coeur' work - a lyrical expose of all the internal infelicities (social, political, aesthetic) of the United States of America. In its vivid contrasting of the mores of competition, avarice, and greed to communitarian, co-respecting and co-operative values, it abounds with colorful, vibrant, breathtaking images and tropes. Utilizing a novel, First Person Narrative, the author Rajani Kanth offers a poignant critique of the rabid, runaway materialism that has been the bane of all modernist, European societies, to date. It is evocative in its approach to the fading genre of the iconic anthropology/sociology classics of the yesteryear. Ultimately, it is a critique of the ruling ethos of our times: Eurocentrism - i.e., selfish and acquisitive materialism, of which the contemporary USA is the trend-setter and the unchallenged gold standard. DR. RAJANI KANTH has an MA in Social Anthropology from the Delhi School of Economics, India, and a PhD in Economics from the New School for Social Research, New York, USA. After serving as Economic Advisor to the UN in New York, he taught as University Professor, and is currently based at Harvard University. 606 $aAesthetics$xEconomic aspects$zUnited States$xHistory$y21st century 606 $aPhilosophical anthropology$zUnited States 606 $aCulture$xEconomic aspects$zUnited States$xHistory$y21st century 606 $aValues$zUnited States 606 $aAmericans$zUnited States$xSocial life and customs$y21st century 606 $aAlienation (Social psychology)$zUnited States$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$xCivilization$y21st century 607 $aUnited States$xSocial life and customs$y21st century 607 $aUnited States$xEconomic conditions$y21st century 610 $aPost-Humanism, American culture, Materialism-Amorality. 615 0$aAesthetics$xEconomic aspects$xHistory 615 0$aPhilosophical anthropology 615 0$aCulture$xEconomic aspects$xHistory 615 0$aValues 615 0$aAmericans$xSocial life and customs 615 0$aAlienation (Social psychology)$xHistory. 676 $a306.09730905 700 $aRajani Kannepalli Kanth$0231597 702 $aParisi$b Maria Laura 702 $aFeder-Sempach$b Ewa 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910137391703321 996 $aThe post-human society$92195660 997 $aUNINA