Vanitas und Gesellschaft
Contributor(s)
Benthien, Claudia (editor)
Schmidt, Antje (editor)
Wobbeler, Christian (editor)
Language
GermanAbstract
This interdisciplinary volume delves into the significance of the early modern vanitas motif in the present day. In the arts, pop culture, and social discourses, it is utilized to make cultural-critical diagnoses. Reflections about the mortality of human life, about decadence and conceit, or the futile pursuit of happiness are updated, but they are joined by new topics such as climate change and transhumanism.
Keywords
Death; contemporary culture; cultural criticism; ephemeralityDOI
10.1515/9783110716016ISBN
9783110716016, 9783110715958, 9783110716054, 9783110716016Publisher
De GruyterPublisher website
https://www.degruyter.com/Publication date and place
Berlin/Boston, 2021Classification
Literary studies: general
Society and Social Sciences
Popular culture
Media studies
Cognition and cognitive psychology