Postapocalyptic fiction and the social contract [[electronic resource] ] : "we'll not go home again" / / Claire P. Curtis

• Autore: Curtis Claire P. <1965->
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (211 p.)
• Disciplina: 813/.087620938
• Soggetto topico: Apocalypse in literature; Science fiction, American - History and criticism; Science fiction - History and criticism; End of the world in literature; Regression (Civilization) in literature; Survival in literature; Literature and society - History - 20th century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 01. Last One Out, Please Turn Out the Lights; Chapter 02. " . . . solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short"; Chapter 03. "Industrious and Rational"; Chapter 04. "Man is born free; and everywhere is in chains"; Chapter 05. "Maybe Effort Counted"; Chapter 06. "To take root among the stars"; Chapter 07. "We can choose"; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: Fictional accounts of the end of the world rarely explore the end of humanity; instead they present the end of what we now know and the opportunity to start over. Postapocalyptic Fiction and the Social Contract: 'We'll Not Go Home Again' contends that postapocalyptic fiction reflects one of our most basic political motivations and uses these fictional accounts to explore the move from the state of nature to civil society through a Hobbesian, a Lockean, and a Rousseauian lens.
• Titolo autorizzato: Postapocalyptic fiction and the social contract
• ISBN: 1-282-71314-0; 9786612713149; 0-7391-4205-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791492503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II