Editorial
Cormac Deane
Origin: Static Issue
03
Content: Text
"This issue of Static takes its inspiration
from the German adage die Qual der Wahl (“the suffering
of choice”). It seems to us that it is time to revive the
scepticism concerning the nature of choice expressed in that phrase
and to question whether choice is necessarily a good thing. We
have invited contributions that examine the high value placed
on choice, especially in the west, as a fundamental right of free
individuals / consumers / citizens. In so doing, these contributions
consider choice’s darker side: the ways that it can prove
to be illusory; how the process of choosing can sometimes be agonising;
how making a choice can close off future choices; the fact that
we are frequently forced to make choices. "
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Editorial Team :
Cormac Deane is a doctoral candidate
researching myths of political violence in contemporary fiction
at the London Consortium.
Lee Scrivner is a doctoral candidate
researching modern literature at the London Consortium.
Eu Jin Chua is a doctoral
candidate researching film and film theory at the London Consortium.
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