Books mentioned in “Hito Steyerl: Art, Automation and Authoritarianism | Doomscroll”

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The Road to Serfdom

Friedrich Hayek

Citarella references Hayek's 1944 book to explain the 'totalitarianism' framing behind horseshoe theory.

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If We Burn

Vincent Bevins

Citarella says Steyerl titled a book chapter after Bevins' book and asks about its thesis on protest without revolution.

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Hayek's Bastards

Quinn Slobodian

Citarella describes 'Quinn' (Slobodian) writing about 'new fusionism' in a book he calls Hayek's Bastards.

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The Lord of the Rings

J.R.R. Tolkien

Citarella describes a Meloni-funded Tolkien/Lord of the Rings exhibition with hobbits at a Rome contemporary art museum.

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Possible passing references

Duty Free Art: Art in the Age of Planetary Civil War — Hito Steyerl

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