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The Machine Anxieties of Steampunk - Contemporary Philosophy, Victorian Aesthetics, and the Future (Hardcover)
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The Machine Anxieties of Steampunk - Contemporary Philosophy, Victorian Aesthetics, and the Future (Hardcover)
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What is steampunk and why are people across the globe eagerly
embracing its neo-Victorian aesthetic? Old-fashioned eye goggles,
lace corsets, leather vests, brass gears and gadgets, mechanical
clocks, the look appears across popular culture, in movies, art,
fashion, and literature. But steampunk is both an aesthetic program
and a way-of-life and its underlying philosophy is the key to its
broad appeal. Steampunk champions a new autonomy for the individual
caught up in today’s technology-driven society. It expresses
optimism for the future but it also delivers a note of caution
about our human role in a world of ever more ubiquitous and
powerful machines. Thus, despite adopting an aesthetic and
lifestyle straight out of the Victorian scientific romance,
steampunk addresses significant 21st-century concerns about what
lies ahead for humankind. The movement recovers autonomy from
prevailing trends even as it challenges us to ask what it is to be
human today.
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