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Without God : Michel Houellebecq and materialist horror / Louis Betty.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Betty, Louis, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religion in literature.
- Materialism in literature.
- Houellebecq, Michel--Criticism and interpretation.
- Houellebecq, Michel.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Addresses the religious, metaphysical, and existential dimensions of French novelist Michel Houellebecq's work. Argues that Houellebecq is the foremost contemporary chronicler of the spiritual anxieties of Western and specifically French modernity"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction : the Houellebecquian worldview
- Materialism and secularism
- The future of religion
- Religion and utopia
- Materialist horror
- Liberalism is God and the West is its prophet.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780271078090
- 027107809X
- OCLC:
- 951678591
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