By Rick McGrath • Aug 20th, 2007 •
Category: Jean Baudrillard, academia, death of affect, dystopia, entropy, reviews, urban decay
The basic tenet in Dominika Oramus’ new book on Ballard is that since the end of World War II western civilization has been merrily racing down the Highway to Hell in a white Pontiac; and all the evidence you need is in the fiction of J.G. Ballard.
By Rick McGrath • Jul 25th, 2007 •
Category: advertising, consumerism, fascism, reviews, suburbia, urban revolt
Former ad man Rick McGrath takes another look at Kingdom Come from ‘the perspective of marketing, advertising and psychopathology’. He also looks at the Metro-Centre website, used to promote the book, and asks, ‘The abattoir? Not too gloomy?’
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