Category: Consumption
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The Stuff of Dreams and Exploitation: The Case Study – Venice
Empire, trade, beauty, corruption, the sublime, the long death, and the circle closing
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The Stuff of Dreams and Exploitation: The Reckoning
In which we examine what happens when the phantasmagoria fails.
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PIG IRON 3: Alienation, or Why He Feels Like a Tourist at Home
Essays in Dignity and Political Economy. Part 3: In which we explore the defining contradiction: Alienation
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The Stuff of Dreams and Exploitation: The White Marble Lie
In which we confront the ugly truth that lies beneath.
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The Stuff of Dreams and Exploitation: From Lapis Lazuli to Louis Vuitton
In which we trace the history of luxury.
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The Stuff of Dreams and Exploitation: Walter Benjamin at the Border
In which we set out a potted portrait of Walter Benjamin and his ideas.
At Home He Feels Like A Tourist 