Shock of the Same

This book is the first examination of the cliché as a philosophical concept. Challenging the idea that cliché s are lazy or spurious opposites to genuine thinking, it instead locates them as a dynamic and contestable boundary between 'thought' and 'non-thought'.

Prologue
CHAPTER ONE: THE MEANING OF CLICHÉ S
CHAPTER TWO: DEAD SPACES: ARENDT, ORWELL AND THE MORBIDITY OF POLITICAL CLICHÉ SCHAPTER THREE: CYNICAL MODERNITY FROM NIETZSCHE TO SLOTERDIJK
CHAPTER FOUR: SAYING IT WITH FLOWERS: JEAN PAULHAN'S INAPPROPRIATE METAPHORS
CHAPTER FIVE: THE SHOCK OF THE SAME: BORIS GROYS AND THE METANOIA OF THE CLICHÉ
CHAPTER SIX: ON THE PROBLEM OF SAYING SOMETHING NEW: KIERKEGAARD'S ARCHETYPES, MCLUHAN'S CLICHÉ S
CHAPTER SEVEN: STOCK IMAGES OF MADNESS: RHETORIC AND CLICHÉ IN VIDEO GAMES
CHAPTER EIGHT: "THIS WILL ALL MAKE SENSE WHEN I AM OLDER": REBOOTING CLICHÉ S
CHAPTER NINE: GATEKEEPING THE "NOISE": EXPERTISE, OPEN-MINDEDNESS AND PUBLIC DEBATE
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