TY - GEN AU - Benthien,Claudia AU - Schmidt,Antje AU - Wobbeler,Christian AU - Benthien,Claudia AU - Schmidt,Antje AU - Wobbeler,Christian TI - Vanitas und Gesellschaft SN - 9783110716016 PY - 2021/// CY - Berlin/Boston PB - De Gruyter KW - Literary studies: general KW - bicssc KW - Society & social sciences KW - Popular culture KW - Media studies KW - Memory KW - Death KW - contemporary culture KW - cultural criticism KW - ephemerality N1 - Open Access N2 - This interdisciplinary volume delves into the significance of the early modern vanitas motif in the present day. In the arts, pop culture, and social discourses, it is utilized to make cultural-critical diagnoses. Reflections about the mortality of human life, about decadence and conceit, or the futile pursuit of happiness are updated, but they are joined by new topics such as climate change and transhumanism UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/51869/1/9783110716016.pdf UR - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/74825 ER -