Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Globalization
|
Buy Now
Apocalypse and Post-Politics - The Romance of the End (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R2,908
Discovery Miles 29 080
|
|
Apocalypse and Post-Politics - The Romance of the End (Hardcover)
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
Mary Manjikian's Apocalypse and Post-Politics: The Romance of the
End advances the thesis that only those who feel the most safe and
whose lives are least precarious can engage in the sort of
storytelling which envisions erasing civilization.
Apocalypse-themed novels of contemporary America and historic
Britain, then, 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 who would argue that America is
uniquely endowed with resources and a place in the world, both of
which make continued growth and expansion simultaneously desirable
and inevitable. In contrast, Manjikian shows, apocalyptic
narratives explore America as merely one nation among many, whose
trajectory is neither unique nor destined for success. Apocalypse
and Post-Politics ultimately argues that the apocalyptic narrative
provides both a counterpoint and a corrective to the narrative of
exceptionalism. Apocalyptic concepts provide a way for contemporary
Americans to view the international system from below: from the
perspective of those who are powerless rather than those who are
powerful. This sort of theorizing is also useful for intelligence
analysts who question how it all will end, and whether America's
decline can be predicted or prevented.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.