New Ecological Realisms
Post-Apocalyptic Fiction and Contemporary Theory
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
Published:31st May '21
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Monika Kaup pairs post-apocalyptic novels by Margaret Atwood, Jose Saramago, Octavia Butler and Cormac McCarthy with new realist theories from Bruno Latour, Humberto Maturana, Francisco Varela, Markus Gabriel, Jean-Luc Marion and Alphonso Lingis. She shows that, just as new realist theory can illuminate post-apocalyptic literature, post-apocalyptic literature can illuminate new theories of the real. Kaup showcases a context-based concept of the real. She argues that new realisms of complex and embedded wholes, actor-networks and ecologies- not the old realisms of isolated parts and things - represent the most promising escape from the impasses of constructivism and positivism.
ISBN: 9781474483100
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352 pages