In 2003, South African writer J. M. Coetzee was awarded the
Nobel Prize in Literature for his riveting portrayals of racial
repression, sexual politics, the guises of reason, and the
hypocrisy of human beings toward animals and nature. Coetzee was
credited with being "a scrupulous doubter, ruthless in his
criticism of the cruel rationalism and cosmetic morality of western
civilization." The film of his novel "Disgrace," starring John
Malkovich, brought his challenging ideas to a new audience.
Anton Leist and Peter Singer have assembled an outstanding group
of contributors who probe deeply into Coetzee's extensive and
extraordinary corpus. They explore his approach to ethical theory
and philosophy and pay particular attention to his representation
of the human-animal relationship. They also confront Coetzee's
depiction of the elementary conditions of life, the origins of
morality, the recognition of value in others, the sexual dynamics
between men and women, the normality of suppression, and the
possibility of equality in postcolonial society. With its
wide-ranging consideration of philosophical issues, especially in
relation to fiction, this volume stands alone in its extraordinary
exchange of ethical and literary inquiry.
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