Marketing Violence: The Affective Economy of Violent Imageries in the Dutch Republic

The Element explores how the Dutch Republic developed an affective economy of violence in the early modern period through the circulation of images, including prints, atlases, paintings, theaters, and public spectacles. It shows how emotions were evoked, exploited, and controlled in this economy based on desires, interests, and exploitation.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 75 pages
Publication date: 28 September 2023
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

The Element delves into the emergence of a pervasive culture of violence in the early modern Dutch Republic, facilitated by the widespread circulation of images. While the control over violence increased throughout the 17th century, with a decline in public executions, the realm of cultural representation was inundated with violent imagery. This encompassed a wide range of visual mediums, including prints, atlases, paintings, theaters, public spectacles, and peep boxes. Through these various channels, emotions were deliberately elicited, manipulated, and controlled, serving as powerful tools in the construction of this affective economy of violence. This title is also accessible as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

The Element explores the development of a pervasive culture of violence in the early modern Dutch Republic, facilitated by the widespread circulation of images. While the control over violence increased throughout the 17th century, with a decline in public executions, the realm of cultural representation was inundated with violent imagery. This encompassed a wide range of visual mediums, including prints, atlases, paintings, theaters, public spectacles, and peep boxes. Through these various channels, emotions were deliberately elicited, manipulated, and controlled, serving as powerful tools in the construction of this affective economy of violence. This title is also accessible as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

The Element examines the emergence of a pervasive culture of violence in the early modern Dutch Republic, facilitated by the widespread circulation of images. While the control over violence increased throughout the 17th century, with a decline in public executions, the realm of cultural representation was inundated with violent imagery. This encompassed a wide range of visual mediums, including prints, atlases, paintings, theaters, public spectacles, and peep boxes. Through these various channels, emotions were deliberately elicited, manipulated, and controlled, serving as powerful tools in the construction of this affective economy of violence. This title is also accessible as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Weight: 177g
ISBN-13: 9781009246460