{"product_id":"hauntology-ghosts-of-futures-past-paperback","title":"Hauntology: Ghosts of Futures Past - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMerlin Coverley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGhosts and specters, the eerie and the occult. Why is contemporary culture so preoccupied by the supernatural, so captivated by the revenants of an earlier age, so haunted? The concept of Hauntology has evolved since first emerging in the 1990s, and has now entered the cultural mainstream as a shorthand for our new-found obsession with the recent past. But where does this term come from and what exactly does it mean?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book seeks to answer these questions by examining the history of our fascination with the uncanny from the golden age of the Victorian ghost story to the present day. From Dickens to Derrida, MR James to Mark Fisher; from the rise of Spiritualism to the folk horror revival, \u003ci\u003eHauntology\u003c\/i\u003e traces our continuing engagement with these esoteric ideas. Moving between the literary and the theoretical, the visual and the political, \u003ci\u003eHauntology \u003c\/i\u003eexplores our nostalgia for the cultural artifacts of a past from which we seem unable to break free.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMerlin Coverley\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of six books: \u003ci\u003eLondon Writing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePsychogeography\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOccult London\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUtopia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Wandering\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSouth\u003c\/i\u003e, a critical and wide-ranging study of the allure of the South across geography, mythology, literature, and history. He lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53738428531052,"sku":"9780857304193","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0989\/3019\/6844\/files\/5c389cc64d3ebd63cfcac28c19238fea.webp?v=1778435632","url":"https:\/\/pattansenterprise.com\/products\/hauntology-ghosts-of-futures-past-paperback","provider":"Pattansenterprise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}