New Ecological Realisms Post-Apocalyptic Fiction and Contemporary Theory Monika Kaup 9781474483094 Offerta Limitata

Monika Kaup pairs post-apocalyptic novels by Margaret Atwood, Jos 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.

Book Information
ISBN 9781474483094
Author Monika Kaup
Format Hardback
Page Count 352
Imprint Edinburgh University Press
Publisher Edinburgh University Press