{"product_id":"send-in-the-clowns-popular-politics-after-neoliberalism-paperback","title":"Send in the Clowns!: Popular Politics After Neoliberalism - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSe?n Kennedy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJames McNaughton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished to coincide with the release of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoker: Folie ?agrave; Deux\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e, the sequel to Todd Phillips' iconic blockbuster, this imaginative reading sees \u003ci\u003eJoker \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eas an economic and political allegory, presenting unexpected and dazzling insights into contemporary capitalism.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat could be more surprising than the cinematic presentation of the Joker as a key to solving our present economic and political predicament? \u003cem\u003eSend In the Clowns!\u003c\/em\u003e leads us precisely there. Grip this movie's visual language, its authors insist, and we can also grasp a political grammar, available to all, that articulates a new, world-changing solidarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe predicament \u003cem\u003eSend In the Clowns!\u003c\/em\u003e diagnoses is urgent: the way late capitalism ensures astonishing inequality, unleashing a backlash in conspiracy, violence, and authoritarianism. These pages map this unraveling onto the narrative of \u003ci\u003eJoker\u003c\/i\u003e. When the movie begins in 1981, neoliberal tides are shifting the sands: the rise of insecure work; the destabilizing of welfare; the explosion of racialized incarceration. A close reading of the film allows Kennedy and McNaughton to isolate and confront these phenomena.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSend In the Clowns!\u003c\/em\u003e shows how melodrama has become late capitalism's preferred genre. It appears in neoliberal economic theory; in a media seduced by caricatured villainy; in state justifications for war. Melodrama allows demagogues to depict themselves as saviors and decry political opponents as criminals, threatening the foundations of democracy itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe myth of the lone superhero has brought us to the brink of disaster. If we don't want jokers for president, we must empower the clowns!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSe?n Kennedy\u003c\/b\u003e is a scholar, writer, and scavenger artist from Ireland. They live and work in Kjipuktuk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames McNaughton\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor at the University of Alabama. His nonfiction essays have appeared in \u003cem\u003eGuernica\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSouthern Cultures\u003c\/em\u003e, and elsewhere. His book \u003cem\u003eSamuel Beckett and the Politics of Aftermath\u003c\/em\u003e (Oxford University Press, 2018) grapples with how we normalize the horrors and contradictions of political and economic history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 7.87 x 5.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 14, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42733718405183,"sku":"9781682195147","price":21.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/ed30745f053be8c447c9ccb948464e5f.webp?v=1765137092","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/send-in-the-clowns-popular-politics-after-neoliberalism-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}