Introduction
Culture, control, critique. Cultural critique from the Frankfurt School until today
Formalism, allegory, totality. Allegory and representation
Allegory and the present
Space, allegory, control. Spatial preoccupations
Celebrating ruins: The drowned world, The drought, The crystal world
Filling the gaps: Crash, Concrete island, High rise
Coming into allegory: Cocaine nights, Super-Cannes, Millennium people, Kingdom come
Totalities, allegories and revolutions
Cultural critique and form
Time, allegory, control. Timely preoccupations
In and out of time: "Chronopolis" and in time
Cultural critique and form
Vision, allegory, control. Visual preoccupations
bread and circuses: The hunger games
Cultural critique and form
Conclusion.