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... The chapter demonstrates how the space and practices of the office--its operations, observations, and ego-technic media—become the switchboard of a self-organizing social order of things. Examples are drawn from the fiction of Patricia Highsmith, Tom McCarthy, Max Brooks ( World War Z...

... , is a virtual blueprint of the media union of modern society. In effect, systems theory through the shortcut of kitsch. The recent novels of Tom McCarthy-- particularly Remainder , a crime novel of sorts too—provide another live blueprint of art in the systems epoch, and outline what social and aesthetic...

... Highsmith, Tom McCarthy, Max Brooks ( World War Z ), and comic book art. Description of the epoch of social systems, in relation to modern and contemporary art and the social theory of Erving Goffman, Niklas Luhmann, Peter Sloterdijk. Self-Boosterism Institutions Practical Jokes Comic Books...

... work appear in the world. It makes a world of repeatable motions plausible. Agatha Christie’s novel, Appointment with Death , is a virtual blueprint of the media union of modern society. In effect, systems theory through the shortcut of kitsch. The recent novels of Tom McCarthy-- particularly...