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Red Pill (2020) is a novel by British writer Hari Kunzru. The novel explores two ongoing socio-political trends. First, it is concerned with the dominance of transparency in contemporary society, a situation which is presented as totalitarian. Then, Red Pill analyses the rise of the alt-right in Western countries. Kunzru also highlights the shortcomings of common liberal-progressive responses to modern-day far-right discourse. This article examines the novel from the point of view of Critical Transparency Studies, drawing on the work of, among other, Georg Simmel and Byung-Chul Han.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/lsmll.2026.50.1.20-30
Date of publication: 2026-03-04 09:17:36
Date of submission: 2025-06-02 01:18:00
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