The Rise of Thana-Capitalism and Tourism
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The Rise of Thana-Capitalism and Tourism

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The Rise of Thana-Capitalism and Tourism

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We live in a society that is bombarded by news of accidents, disasters and terrorist attacks. We are obsessed by the presence of death. It is commodified in newspapers, the media, entertainment and in our cultural consumption.

This book explores the notion of an emergent class of "death-seekers" who consume the spectacle of the disaster, exploring spaces of mass death and suffering. Sites that are obliterated by disasters or tragic events are recycled and visually consumed by an international audience, creating a death-seekers economy. The quest for the suffering of others allows for a much deeper reinterpretation of life, and has captivated the attention of many tourists, visiting sites such as concentration camps, disasters zones, abandoned prisons, and areas hit by terrorism. This book explores the notion of the death-seekers economy, drawing on the premise that the society of risk as imagined by postmodern sociology sets the pace to a new society: thana-capitalism. The chapters dissect our fascination with other's suffering, what this means for our own perceptions of the self, and as a tourist activity. It also explores the notion of an economy of impotence, where citizens feel the world is out of control.

This compelling book will be interest to students and scholars researching dark tourism, tourist behaviour, disaster studies, cultural studies and sociology.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2016
ISBN
9781315457475
Edition
1
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Hospitality, Travel & Tourism Industry
Index
Business

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Preface: The Cult to Individualism
  7. Introduction
  8. 1 New Trends in Leisure Practices
  9. 2 Capitalism and Human Suffering
  10. 3 Consuming Disasters
  11. 4 Thana-Capitalism
  12. 5 Understanding the Origin of Evilness
  13. 6 From the Enigma of Christ Toward Noah’s Ark
  14. 7 The Supremacy of the Anglo-Race: Individualism Above All
  15. Conclusion
  16. Bibliography
  17. Index