Why do recent depictions of government secrecy and surveillance so often use images suggesting massive size and scale: gigantic warehouses, remote black sites, numberless security cameras? Drawing on post-War American art, film, television, and fiction, Matthew Potolsky argues that the aesthetic of the sublime provides a privileged window into the nature of modern intelligence, a way of describing the curiously open secret of covert operations. The book tracks the development of the national security sublime from the Cold War to the War on Terror, and places it in a long history of efforts by artists and writers to represent political secrecy.
| ISBN: | 9780367671228 |
| Publication date: | 18th December 2020 |
| Author: | Matthew Potolsky |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 184 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Studies in Espionage and Culture |
| Genres: |
History and Archaeology Social and cultural history Cultural studies Media studies Social and ethical issues Sociology Cognition and cognitive psychology Literary studies: general The arts: general topics Politics and government Warfare and defence |
Why do recent depictions of government secrecy and surveillance so often use images suggesting massive size and scale: gigantic warehouses, remote black sites, numberless security cameras? Drawing on post-War American art, film, television, and fiction, Matthew Potolsky argues that the aesthetic of the sublime provides a privileged window into the nature of modern intelligence, a way of describing the curiously open secret of covert operations.
The National Security Sublime features in the following genres: History and Archaeology, Social and cultural history, Cultural studies, Media studies, Social and ethical issues, Sociology, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Literary studies: general, The arts: general topics, Politics and government, Warfare and defence
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The National Security Sublime was written by Matthew Potolsky and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
The National Security Sublime has 184 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Studies in Espionage and Culture series
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