{"product_id":"book-ng7f","title":"This is Not New","description":"Praise for \u003ci\u003eCurationism\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003cb\u003e\"Balzer writes with zest, skepticism, and sly humor\"\u003c\/b\u003e —Sheila Heti, author of \u003ci\u003ePure Colour\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat does it mean to call something \"new\"? Why is Western art and culture, even after postmodernism, still so obsessed with the concept? What are the consequences of relying on culture to bring about social change?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this provocative book, David Balzer argues that Western culture was never designed to produce truly new or original artifacts. Rather, we move from fixation to fixation, trend to trend—a cycle of creation and destruction with deep origins in Judeo-Christianity and the paganism that preceded it. The culture industry promises its own form of change while preserving existing systems of power exactly as they are.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the New Jerusalem to the New Left, from Vannevar Bush to Kate Bush, \u003ci\u003eThis is Not New\u003c\/i\u003e asks difficult questions about the role of culture not in making change, but in delaying—even preventing—it.","brand":"Tantor","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49864222015792,"sku":"BDng7f","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49864222048560,"sku":"ZEng7f","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49864222081328,"sku":"ZMng7f","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/ng7f-Square-cover.jpg?v=1773673696","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-ng7f","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}