Alarm (Paperback)

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Alarms are alarming. They wake us up, demand our attention and force us to attend to things we've preferred to ignore. But alarms also allow us to feel secure, to sleep and to retreat from alertness. They take over vigilance on our behalf. From the alarm clock and the air-raid siren to the doorbell and the phone alert, the history of alarms is also the history of work, security, technology and emotion. Alarm responds to culture's most urgent calls to attention by examining all kinds of alarms, from the restless presence of the alarm clock in modernist art to the siren - the sound of the police - in classic hip hop. More than just bells and whistles, alarms are objects that have defined sleeping and waking, safety and danger, and they have fundamentally shaped our understanding of the mind and its capacity for attention. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.

General

Imprint:	Bloomsbury Academic USA
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Object Lessons
Release date:	2023
Authors:	Alice Bennett (Senior Lecturer in English Literature)
Dimensions:	165 x 121mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	152
ISBN-13:	978-1-5013-7557-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary theory Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Impact of science & technology on society Books > Professional & Technical > Other technologies > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics
LSN:	1-5013-7557-1
Barcode:	9781501375576

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