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Crisis in the Global Mediasphere examines the evolution of contemporary global crises as an effect of mediation and cultural change. The book argues that a crisis consciousness has emerged through the interaction of crisis conditions and a more expansive human desire for pleasure.

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List of Illustrations Introduction Imagining the End: Crisis Culture and the Pleasure Economy Grand Fraud: New Capitalism, Financial Crisis and the Economy of Pleasure Reckless Desire: Love, Sexuality and Infinite Bliss Global Inequalities: Changing World Conditions The Shadow and the Fawn: Sustainable Nature and Collapsing Ecologies Fear and Trembling: The Vicissitudes of Global Terror Conclusion: Visions of the Beginning Index

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"Jeff Lewis´s exceptional study, Crisis in the Global Mediasphere: Desire, Displeasure and Cultural Transformation, engages broadly with the discourses constructing and constructed through the anxieties and desires that permeate contemporary society. Focusing on the (re)constructions of crisis and a (collective) crisis consciousness within a ´global mediasphere´, Lewis touches on issues as diverse as the current financial turmoil, sexual desire and relationships, growing global inequalities, widespread ecological destruction, and continued warfare and terrorism." - Adam Brown, Cultural Studies Review

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Jeff Lewis (PhD) is Professorial Research Fellow in the School of Media and Communication, RMIT University, Australia. He is an internationally recognised researcher, author and scholar in media and cultural studies.

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