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Crisis Cultures

Narratives of Western Modernity in the Digital Age
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In Crisis Cultures: Narratives of Western Modernity in the Digital Age, Nicholas Manganas argues that crisis should be understood not as a series of isolated events, but as a constitutive state intrinsic to modern Western societies. He explores how this perpetual state of crisis intensifies underlying societal tensions and reshapes cultural and political dynamics. Drawing on a diverse range of case studies, including the Capitol Hill riots in the United States, and analyses from countries such as Spain and Greece, Manganas explores how both digital and traditional media perpetuate crisis narratives that significantly influence contemporary cultural identities and shape political discourses. His analysis also engages with the emotional and temporal aspects of crises, particularly focusing on how digital environments, through their ambient influence, shape and sustain these states of crisis. By reinterpreting the concept of crisis through an interdisciplinary lens that includes historical, political and cultural analysis, the author offers a compelling analysis of its role in shaping the present and futures contours of Western societies.
Nicholas Manganas is senior lecturer in international studies and global societies at the University of Technology Sydney.
Chapter One The Experience is Out of Joint Chapter Two Crisis Ambientality Chapter Three Confabulations Chapter 4 Queering Crisis
"We are immersed in crisis cultures. But not only.' Manganas's cartography of crisis cultures, as defined by a lack of meaningful events leading to the intensification of underlying tensions, represents a groundbreaking intervention in contemporary critical thought. A first-person, timely, experiential journey into the multilayered, complex temporality of the crises enveloping us." -- Alfredo Martinez-Exposito, University of Melbourne
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