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    Can the Left Learn to Meme?: Adorno, Video Gaming, and Stranger Things
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    Can the Left Learn to Meme?: Adorno, Video Gaming, and Stranger Things
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    Can the Left Learn to Meme?: Adorno, Video Gaming, and Stranger Things

    By Mike Watson

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    Taking in an array of cultural references from the contemporary art world, to cat memes, Stranger Things, the Kardashian-Jenners, Mad Men, Run the Jewels, and video gaming, Can the Left Learn to Meme? argues that there is positivity in millennial-era cultural production. Utilising Adorno’s unswerving yet understated hope in spite of the odds, Mike Watson embraces the abstraction of the new media landscape as millennials refuse to surrender to cynicism, by out-weirding even the world at large. They pose a radical alternative to the right wing approach of Steve Bannon and the conservative psychology of Jordan Peterson. Here, the cultural elitism of the art world is contrasted with the anything-goes approach of millennial culture. The left avant-garde dream of an art-for-all is with us, though you won't find it in museums. It is time the left learned to meme, challenging conventions along the way.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJohn Hunt Publishing
    Release dateNov 29, 2019
    ISBN9781785357244
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    Can the Left Learn to Meme?: Adorno, Video Gaming, and Stranger Things
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    Mike Watson

    Mike Watson, president at Ignite, is on a mission to change how business is done by encouraging leaders to adopt the habits of resilient leadership. He has embraced a journey of pursuing the best version of himself—and helps leaders do the same—to be more inclusive, inquisitive, and humble. Watson’s personal goal is to make the world a better place, one interaction at a time. This has guided him in his many roles, including directorships at all levels of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.

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