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PublisherPM Press
ISBN-101629638307
ISBN-139781629638300
eBay Product ID (ePID)5038528719
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Book TitleFacebooking the Anthropocene in Raja Ampat : Technics and Civilization in the 21st Century
Number of Pages176 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicCivilization, Social Aspects, Globalization
Publication Year2021
GenrePolitical Science, Technology & Engineering, History
AuthorBob Ostertag
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight5.6 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2020-934737
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"With deep intelligence and an acute and off-center sensibility, Robert Ostertag gives us a riveting and highly personalized view of globalization, from the soaring skyscapes of Shanghai to the darkened alleys of Yogyakarta." --Frances Fox Piven, coauthor of Regulating the Poorand Poor People's Movements "If you want an insightful, witty panorama of this brave new world we are making, follow Osterlag around it for a year--or read this book." --Jeremy Brecher, author of Strike! and Common Preservation "This is global reporting at its best--a pointillistic portrait of the troubles of our time rendered in riotous detail. It reads like a riff, not a sermon." --Richard Manning, author of If It Sounds Good, It Is Good "Facebooking the Anthropocene in Raja Ampat takes us through the grim dystopic world that we live in, but somehow we also witness the resilience of the human spirit, including its queer dimension. A joyful read." --Dédé Oetomo, Indonesian gay activist and scholar "A horrifying, exhilarating, hilarious and jaw-dropping glimpse of our present and future--as Ostertag details how even the most remote desert islands on our planet are becoming rapidly infected and influenced by the consumerism, technology, and plastic garbage that the rest of us have long ago surrendered to." --George Brant, author of Grounded, Elephant's Graveyard, and other plays
Dewey Decimal303.483
SynopsisFacebooking the Anthropocene in Raja Ampat is a deeply intimate look at the cataclysmic shifts between humans, technology, and the so-called natural world. Amid the breakneck pace of both technological advance and environmental collapse, Robert Ostertag explores how we ourselves are changing as fast as the world around us--from how we make music, to how we have sex, to what we do to survive, and who we imagine ourselves to be. And though the environmental crisis terrifies and technology overwhelms, Ostertag finds enough creativity, compassion, and humor in our evolving behavior to keep us laughing and inspired as the world we are building overtakes the world we found. A true polymath who covered the wars in Central America during the 1980s, recorded dozens of music projects, and published books on startlingly eclectic subjects, Ostertag fuses his travels as a touring musician with his journalist's eye for detail and the long view of a historian. Wander both the physical and the intellectual world with him. Watch Buddhist monks take selfies while meditating and DJs who make millions of dollars pretend to turn knobs in front of crowds of thousands. Shiver with families huddling through the stinging Detroit winter without heat or electricity. Meet Spice Islanders who have never seen flushing toilets yet have gay hookup apps on their phones. Our best writers have struggled with how to address the catastrophes of our time without looking away. Ostertag succeeds where others have failed, with the moral acuity of Susan Sontag, the technological savvy of Lewis Mumford, and the biting humor of Jonathan Swift., Ostertag explores how we ourselves are changing as fast as the world around us - from how we make music, to how we have sex, to what we do to survive, and who we imagine ourselves to be. And though the environmental crisis terrifies and technology overwhelms, Ostertag finds enough creativity, compassion, and humor in our evolving behavior to keep us laughing and inspired as the world we are building overtakes the world we found.
LC Classification NumberCB478
