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Melancholy Wedgwood

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Melancholy Wedgwood

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An experimental biography of the ceramics entrepreneur Josiah Wedgwood that reveals the tenuous relationship of eighteenth-century England to late-capitalist modernity. Melancholy Wedgwood traces the multiple strands in the life of the ceramic entrepreneur Josiah Wedgwood (1730–1795) to propose an alternative view of eighteenth-century England’s tenuous relationship to our own lives and times, amid the ruins of late-capitalist modernity. Through intimate vignettes and essays, and in writing at turns funny, sharp, and pensive, Iris Moon chips away at the mythic image of Wedgwood as singular genius, business titan, and benevolent abolitionist, revealing an amorphous, fragile, and perhaps even shattered life. In the process the book goes so far as to dismantle certain entrenched social and economic assumptions, not least that the foundational myths of capitalism might not be quite so rosy after all, and instead induce a feeling that could only be characterized as blue.
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An experimental biography of the ceramics entrepreneur Josiah Wedgwood that reveals the tenuous relationship of eighteenth-century England to late-capitalist modernity. Melancholy Wedgwood traces the multiple strands in the life of the ceramic entrepreneur Josiah Wedgwood (1730–1795) to propose an alternative view of eighteenth-century England’s tenuous relationship to our own lives and times, amid the ruins of late-capitalist modernity. Through intimate vignettes and essays, and in writing at turns funny, sharp, and pensive, Iris Moon chips away at the mythic image of Wedgwood as singular genius, business titan, and benevolent abolitionist, revealing an amorphous, fragile, and perhaps even shattered life. In the process the book goes so far as to dismantle certain entrenched social and economic assumptions, not least that the foundational myths of capitalism might not be quite so rosy after all, and instead induce a feeling that could only be characterized as blue.
Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 272
ISBN-13: 9780262546348
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 0262546345
Kategori: Forside
Udg. Dato: 23 jan 2024
Længde: 17mm
Bredde: 143mm
Højde: 224mm
Forlag: MIT Press Ltd
Oplagsdato: 23 jan 2024
Forfatter(e): Iris Moon
Forfatter(e) Iris Moon


Kategori Forside


ISBN-13 9780262546348


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 272


Udgave


Længde 17mm


Bredde 143mm


Højde 224mm


Udg. Dato 23 jan 2024


Oplagsdato 23 jan 2024


Forlag MIT Press Ltd

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