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Notes on Cruel Optimism from Lawrence English, October 2016… Cruel Optimism is a record that considers power (present and absent). It meditates on how power consumes, augments and ultimately shapes two subsequent human conditions: obsession and fragility. This pyramid is an affective ecology of the (ever)present moment. This edition owes its title and its origins to the wonderful text of the same name by American theorist Lauren Berlant. I had the fortune to come across her writing almost a half-decade ago. In Cruel Optimism, I found a number of critical readings around the … read more
Notes on Cruel Optimism from Lawrence English, October 2016… Cruel Optimism is a record that considers power (present and absent). It meditate… read more
Notes on Cruel Optimism from Lawrence English, October 2016… Cruel Optimism is a record that considers power (present and absent). It meditates on how power consumes, augments and… read more
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