Apocalypse and post-politics [[electronic resource] ] : the romance of the end / / Mary Manjikian

• Autore: Manjikian Mary
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (345 p.)
• Disciplina: 813/.009353
• Soggetto topico: American fiction - History and criticism; Apocalypse in literature; End of the world in literature; Exceptionalism - United States
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Apocalypse and post-politics
• ISBN: 1-280-65927-0; 9786613636201; 0-7391-6624-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789952303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II