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Adbusters #83: A New Aesthetic
Aesthetics in Art
Visual art has seen a succession of movements, schools and philosophies: modernism, postmodernism and … now what? Art critic Robin Laurence explores how emerging artists are defining the new aesthetic.
Pornocalypse Now
Douglas Haddow talks to adult video star Sasha Grey about how a pornography-drenched world is taking a toll on masculinity.
Loan Me $200
As the Western economic system disintegrates, microlending is emerging as an enlightened form of capitalism.
Take Back the CBC
A new law in France is phasing advertising out of prime time TV, suggesting that the new global TV aesthetic will be commercial-free.
Wabi Sabi
The inhabitants of the Japanese town of Kamikatsu set an example by aiming to banish all waste by 2020.
Selected Articles 
Selected articles from the print edition of Adbusters Magazine.
Article
Japanese Simplicity
The only way to leave a smaller footprint would be to die.
- Roland Kelts
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- 25 August 2009
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- 31 Comments
Feature
An Aesthetic Crisis
Visual art moves from modernism to postmodernism to … what?
- Robin Laurence
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- 13 August 2009
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- 25 Comments
Essay
Never Again
A ghettoized Gaza bears striking similarities to the Warsaw ghetto.
- Saeed David Mohammad
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- 9 June 2009
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- 188 Comments
Editorial
The Logic Freaks of Neoclassical Economics
The old-school practitioners completely missed the meltdown ... is it time to paradigm shift them out of power?
- Kalle Lasn
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- 4 June 2009
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- 32 Comments
Article
What is the New Aesthetic?
Now that hype and hyperinflation have killed the art market, what will define the new aesthetic?
- Sarah Nardi
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- 1 June 2009
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- 38 Comments
Article
The Long Road to Revolution
Radical social change will only emerge through the endless interplay of confrontations, withdrawals, foundations and subverisons.
- David Graeber
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- 29 May 2009
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- 19 Comments
Article
Return to Paradise
We will not attain true, meaningful sustainability until we stop treating the earth as a resource.
- Sarah Nardi
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- 28 May 2009
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- 29 Comments
Commentary
Meme Warfare in the Movies
Behind the magic of film lurks the dark power of corporate public relations.
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- 22 May 2009
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- 50 Comments
Editorial
Aesthetic Pollution and the Soul of Design
Just as farmers are the keepers of land, we designers are the keepers of mindscape. We must nurture it and care for it and make sure that there will always be wilderness, diversity and freedom there.
- Kalle Lasn
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- 19 May 2009
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- 17 Comments
Article
Wabi Sabi
A look at how the Japanese town Kamikatsu will banish waste by 2020.
- Amelia Newcomb
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- 12 May 2009
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- 12 Comments
Article
Sawadee Krup, Loan Me $200
Kiva.org's microloans are creating new opportunities in developing countries.
- Eric Rumble
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- 4 May 2009
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- 28 Comments
Article
Pornocalypse Now
It's in a fog of fake fucking that man is sleepwalking toward an abyss.
- Douglas Haddow
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- 13 April 2009
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- 148 Comments
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