Apocalypse and post-politics : the romance of the end / Mary Manjikian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Manjikian, Mary.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American fiction--History and criticism.

American fiction.

Apocalypse in literature.

End of the world in literature.

Exceptionalism--United States.

Exceptionalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Mary Manjikian's Apocalypse and Post-Politics: The Romance of the End, apocalypse-themed novels of contemporary America and historic Britain are affirmed as a creative luxury of development. Manjikian examines a number of such novels using the lens of an international relations theorist, identifying faults in the logic of the American exceptionalists and showing that the apocalyptic narrative provides both a counterpoint and a corrective to the narrative of exceptionalism. </span

Contents:

CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART 1. APOCALYPSE AS PREDICTION; CHAPTER 1. APOCALYPSE AND NATIONAL SECURITY; CHAPTER 2. CATASTROPHE NOVELS AND PREDICTION; CHAPTER 3. UTOPIAN NOVELS AND FORECASTING; CHAPTER 4. THE ROMANCE OF THE WORLD'S END; PART 2. APOCALYPSE AS CRITIQUE; CHAPTER 5. APOCALYPSE AND EPISTEMOLOGY; CHAPTER 6. EXCEPTIONALITY AND APOCALYPSE; CHAPTER 7. GOING NATIVE; CHAPTER 8. THE TRAVELER; PART 3. APOCALYPSE AS ETHICS; CHAPTER 9. ENCOUNTERING THE OTHER; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Notes:

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ISBN:

979-82-16-30643-6

1-280-65927-0

9786613636201

0-7391-6624-7

OCLC:

845243753