The removal of the individual from the subject, like the death of the author, there is an antidote even to this theoretical mode of death which resides in a particular kind of self-consciousness. One way of putting it: By making his labour the manipulation of images of public figures and icons, and thus by demonstrating an understanding of the mechanism by which a public identity is constructed, aids our understanding of how we are constructed.
A fear of extinction, or of a loss of social relevance, relevance being equated with the realm of consumer exchange, of becoming or coming up with a viable product, of having worth according to the logic(consumerism/commodification) of this realm
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