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UNINA9910826199903321 |
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Autore |
Manjikian Mary |
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Titolo |
Apocalypse and post-politics : the romance of the end / / Mary Manjikian |
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Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-65927-0 |
9786613636201 |
0-7391-6624-7 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (345 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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American fiction - History and criticism |
Apocalypse in literature |
End of the world in literature |
Exceptionalism - United States |
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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 contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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