Alterity and Capitalism in Speculative Fiction : Estranging Contemporary History |
Autore | Vergara Tomás |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2023 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (210 pages) |
Disciplina | 809.3876 |
Soggetto topico |
Speculative fiction
Marxist criticism |
ISBN |
9783031399244
3031399242 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Author -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Anamorphic Estrangement -- Gothic Marxism: Historical Materialism and the Fantastic -- The Critique of Suvin's SF Theory -- Mark Bould's Paranoid Theory of Fantasy: Ontology as Hermeneutics -- Anamorphic Estrangement -- Estrangement and Historicity: What Can We Do with It? -- Overview of the Book -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2: Marxism as Narrative World-Building Method: New Weird Fiction and Capitalist Crisis in China Miéville's Bas-Lag Trilogy -- Weird Metaphors: A Fantastic Interrogation of History -- Marxism as Narrative World-Building Method -- Bas-Lag and Marx's Theory of Crisis: The Possibility of the Impossible -- Bas-Lag's Abcanny Universe: Benjamin's Allegory -- Bas-Lag's Industrial Capitalism: A Fantastic Documentation of Capitalist Crises -- Remaking: Radical Social Labour Exploitation -- The Plague of Nightmares: Weird Approximations to Capital -- Crisis as Ontology: The Possibility of the Impossible -- The Weaver: A Revolutionary Conception of Crisis -- Renovating the Fantasy of Revolution -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3: The Afterlives of Slavery: Spectres of the Antebellum in Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad and Rivers Solomon's Sorrowland -- The Underground Railroad: A Collage of Institutional Racism -- The Political Economy of Racism -- Scenes from Darkest Africa -- Spaghetti Western -- Rivers Solomon's Sorrowland -- Sorrowland: Black Liberation? -- Sorrowland: The Hauntings of Black History -- Sorrowland: Sympoiesis and Black Liberation -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4: Challenging Cultural Studies Through Dystopia: Catatonic Cultural Dominant in Noon's Falling Out of Cars and McCormack's Notes from a Coma -- Catatonia and/or Schizophrenia: A Dynamic Cultural Dominant -- Dystopia as a Metaphor for the Present.
Falling Out of Cars: Catatonic Stasis -- Falling Out of Cars: Catatonic Écriture and Losing the Traces of the World -- Falling Out of Cars: Catatonic Capitalism -- Notes from a Coma: Comatose Future and Catatonic Zeitgeist -- Notes from a Coma: Coma and Exhaustion -- The Coma Zeitgeist: Towards a Catatonic Future -- Notes from a Coma: Post-Apocalyptic Mode of Production -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5: Extrapolation and Social Reproduction: Anne Charnock's Dreams Before the Start of Time and Bina Shah's Before She Sleeps -- Plausibility as Rhetorical Effect: Towards a Diachronic View of Extrapolation -- Speculative Fiction and Socialist Feminism: Social Reproduction -- Anne Charnock's Dreams Before the Start of Time -- Dreams Before the Start of Time: Beyond the Nuclear Family -- Dreams Before the Start of Time: Capitalist Eugenics and Class Difference -- Before the Start of Time: Integrating Gender and Class Struggles -- Bina Shah's Before She Sleeps -- Before She Sleeps: Integrative World-Building -- Before She Sleeps: Local and Universal Extrapolation -- Before She Sleeps: The Underground Resistance -- Before She Sleeps: The Trajectory of Feminist Movements -- Bibliography -- Chapter 6: Conclusion: New Horizons for a Marxist Theory of Speculative Fiction -- Future Research -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Biography of a blunder : base and superstructure in Marx and later / / by Dileep Edara |
Autore | Edara Dilee |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (375 p.) |
Disciplina | 801.95088335 |
Soggetto topico |
Marxist criticism
Literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc Communism and culture |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-4438-8961-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910466292603321 |
Edara Dilee
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Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2016 | ||
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Biography of a blunder : base and superstructure in Marx and later / / by Dileep Edara |
Autore | Edara Dilee |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (375 p.) |
Disciplina | 801.95088335 |
Soggetto topico |
Marxist criticism
Literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc Communism and culture |
ISBN | 1-4438-8961-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798296303321 |
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Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2016 | ||
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Biography of a blunder : base and superstructure in Marx and later / / by Dileep Edara |
Autore | Edara Dilee |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (375 p.) |
Disciplina | 801.95088335 |
Soggetto topico |
Marxist criticism
Literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc Communism and culture |
ISBN | 1-4438-8961-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828190803321 |
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Calibrations [[electronic resource] ] : reading for the social / / Ato Quayson |
Autore | Quayson Ato |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (221 p.) |
Disciplina | 809/.896 |
Collana | Public worlds |
Soggetto topico |
African literature - 20th century - History and criticism
Marxist criticism Mimesis in literature Postcolonialism in literature |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8166-9303-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Literature, anthropology, and history in Ghosh's In an antique land -- 2. Social imaginaries in transition: culture heroism and the genres of everyday life -- 3. African postcolonial relations through a prism of tragedy -- 4. Symbolization compulsions: Freud, African literature, and South Africa's process of truth and reconciliation -- 5. Disability and contingency -- 6. Literature and the parables of time. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452229803321 |
Quayson Ato
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Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2003 | ||
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Calibrations [[electronic resource] ] : reading for the social / / Ato Quayson |
Autore | Quayson Ato |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (221 p.) |
Disciplina | 809/.896 |
Collana | Public worlds |
Soggetto topico |
African literature - 20th century - History and criticism
Marxist criticism Mimesis in literature Postcolonialism in literature |
ISBN | 0-8166-9303-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Literature, anthropology, and history in Ghosh's In an antique land -- 2. Social imaginaries in transition: culture heroism and the genres of everyday life -- 3. African postcolonial relations through a prism of tragedy -- 4. Symbolization compulsions: Freud, African literature, and South Africa's process of truth and reconciliation -- 5. Disability and contingency -- 6. Literature and the parables of time. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784202203321 |
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Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2003 | ||
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Critical realism and the social sciences : heterodox elaborations / / edited by Jon Frauley and Frank Pearce |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource text (xxii, 349 pages) : illustrations, digital file |
Disciplina | 300 |
Soggetto topico |
Social sciences - Philosophy
Critical realism Marxist criticism |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-4426-8423-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword / Benton, Ted -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- 1. Critical Realism and the Social Sciences: Methodological and Epistemological Preliminaries / Frauley, Jon / Pearce, Frank -- 2. Bhaskar's Critical Realism: An Appreciative Introduction and a Friendly Critique / Pearce, Frank -- 3. For Realism, and Anti-Realism / Sismondo, Sergio -- 4. Critical Realism and God / Potter, Garry -- 5. Rescuing Reflexivity: From Solipsism to Realism / Woodiwiss, Anthony -- 6. More Than Straw Figures in Straw Houses: Toward a Revaluation of Critical Realism's Conception of Post-structuralist Theory / Day, Richard -- 7. Thinking across the Culture/ Nature Divide: An Empirical Study of Issues for Critical Realism and Social Constructionism / Murphy, Raymond -- 8. Beyond Cognitive Critiques: Getting Real about Politics / López, José Julián -- 9. Objectivity and Marxian Political Economy / Albritton, Robert -- 10. Why Is This Labour Value? Commodity-Producing Labour as a Social Kind / Engelskirchen, Howard -- 11. The Relation between Marxism and Critical Realism / Ehrbar, Hans -- 12. Understanding Why Anything Matters: Needy Beings, Flourishing, and Suffering / Sayer, Andrew -- 13. The Expulsion of Foucault from Governmentality Studies: Toward an Archaeological-Realist Retrieval / Frauley, Jon -- 14. From Foucault's Genealogy to Aleatory Materialism: Realism, Nominalism, and Politics / Datta, Ronjon Paul -- 15. Gadamer's Minimal Realism / Chodos, Howie / Curtis, Bruce / Hunt, Alan / Manwaring, John -- Bibliography -- Name Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456366303321 |
Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2007 | ||
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Critical realism and the social sciences : heterodox elaborations / / edited by Jon Frauley and Frank Pearce |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource text (xxii, 349 pages) : illustrations, digital file |
Disciplina | 300 |
Soggetto topico |
Social sciences - Philosophy
Critical realism Marxist criticism |
ISBN | 1-4426-8423-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Critical Realism and the Social Sciences: Methodological and Epistemological Preliminaries / Jon Frauley and Frank Pearce -- 2. Bhaskar's Critical Realism: An Appreciative Introduction and a Friendly Critique / Frank Pearce -- 3. For Realism and Anti-Realism / Sergio Sismondo -- 4. Critical Realism and God / Garry Potter -- 5. Rescuing Reflexivity: From Solipsism to Realism / Anthony Woodiwiss -- 6. More than Straw Figures in Straw Houses: Toward a Revaluation of Critical Realism's Conception of Post-structuralist Theory / Richard Day -- 7. Thinking across the Culture/Nature Divide: An Empirical Study of Issues for Critical Realism and Social Constructionism / Raymond Murphy -- 8. Beyond Cognitive Critiques: Getting Real about Politics / Jose Julian Lopez -- 9. Objectivity and Marxian Political Economy / Robert Albritton -- 10. Why Is This Labour Value? Commodity-Producing Labour as a Social Kind / Howard Engelskirchen -- 11. Relation between Marxism and Critical Realism / Hans Ehrbar -- 12. Understanding Why Anything Matters: Needy Beings, Flourishing, and Suffering / Andrew Sayer -- 13. Expulsion of Foucault from Governmentality Studies: Toward an Archaeological-Realist Retrieval / Jon Frauley -- 14. From Foucault's Genealogy to Aleatory Materialism: Realism, Nominalism, and Politics / Ronjon Paul Datta -- 15. Gadamer's Minimal Realism / Howie Chodos, Bruce Curtis, Alan Hunt and John Manwaring. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780675203321 |
Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2007 | ||
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Critical realism and the social sciences : heterodox elaborations / / edited by Jon Frauley and Frank Pearce |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource text (xxii, 349 pages) : illustrations, digital file |
Disciplina | 300 |
Soggetto topico |
Social sciences - Philosophy
Critical realism Marxist criticism |
ISBN | 1-4426-8423-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Critical Realism and the Social Sciences: Methodological and Epistemological Preliminaries / Jon Frauley and Frank Pearce -- 2. Bhaskar's Critical Realism: An Appreciative Introduction and a Friendly Critique / Frank Pearce -- 3. For Realism and Anti-Realism / Sergio Sismondo -- 4. Critical Realism and God / Garry Potter -- 5. Rescuing Reflexivity: From Solipsism to Realism / Anthony Woodiwiss -- 6. More than Straw Figures in Straw Houses: Toward a Revaluation of Critical Realism's Conception of Post-structuralist Theory / Richard Day -- 7. Thinking across the Culture/Nature Divide: An Empirical Study of Issues for Critical Realism and Social Constructionism / Raymond Murphy -- 8. Beyond Cognitive Critiques: Getting Real about Politics / Jose Julian Lopez -- 9. Objectivity and Marxian Political Economy / Robert Albritton -- 10. Why Is This Labour Value? Commodity-Producing Labour as a Social Kind / Howard Engelskirchen -- 11. Relation between Marxism and Critical Realism / Hans Ehrbar -- 12. Understanding Why Anything Matters: Needy Beings, Flourishing, and Suffering / Andrew Sayer -- 13. Expulsion of Foucault from Governmentality Studies: Toward an Archaeological-Realist Retrieval / Jon Frauley -- 14. From Foucault's Genealogy to Aleatory Materialism: Realism, Nominalism, and Politics / Ronjon Paul Datta -- 15. Gadamer's Minimal Realism / Howie Chodos, Bruce Curtis, Alan Hunt and John Manwaring. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826466303321 |
Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2007 | ||
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Décalages : an Althusser studies journal |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Los Angeles, CA, : Occidental College |
Disciplina | 194 |
Soggetto topico |
Philosophy, French - 20th century
Marxist criticism Philosophy, French |
Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910153740903321 |
Los Angeles, CA, : Occidental College | ||
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