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UNINA9910811079003321 |
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Autore |
Naqvi Fatima |
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Titolo |
The literary and cultural rhetoric of victimhood : Western Europe, 1970-2005 / / by Fatima Naqvi |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-36339-1 |
9786611363390 |
0-230-60347-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2007.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (273 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Social perception - Europe, Western |
Victims |
Victims in literature |
Social psychology - Europe, Western |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; A Prefatory Note on Translations; Acknowledgments; Introduction Sacrificial Victims: Sigmund Freud, Theodor Adorno, and Max Horkheimer; 1 Politics of Indifference: René Girard and Peter Sloterdijk; 2 Mediated Invisibility: Michael Haneke; 3 Apocalyptic Cosmologies: Christoph Ransmayr and Anselm Kiefer; 4 Mourning is Moot: A Brief Reprise of Freud; 5 Feminization and Impoverishment: Friederike Mayröcker; 6 The Domain of Sexual Struggle: Michel Houellebecq; 7 Cognitive Dissonances: Elfriede Jelinek; Notes; Works Cited; Index of Names |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In a series of paradigmatic readings of René Girard, Peter Sloterdijk, Michael Haneke, Anselm Kiefer, Michel Houellebecq, Elfriede Jelinek, Giorgio Agamben, Naqvi examines the current fascination with victimhood and the desire for victim status. |
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