New Ecological Realisms: Post-Apocalyptic Fiction and Contemporary Theory

Presents post-apocalyptic fiction as a unique source of new realist ontologiesShows how new realism reshapes humanistic inquiry in the age of climate changeContributes to the rehabilitation and reframing of realism after postmodernismIntroduces a new contextual and ecological realism that reconnects...

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1. Verfasser: Kaup, Monika (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press [2022]
Schriftenreihe:Speculative Realism : SPRE
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Zusammenfassung:Presents post-apocalyptic fiction as a unique source of new realist ontologiesShows how new realism reshapes humanistic inquiry in the age of climate changeContributes to the rehabilitation and reframing of realism after postmodernismIntroduces a new contextual and ecological realism that reconnects the human cultural world with non-humans and the environmentWhat is the singular reality of humanistic objects of study? By pairing post-apocalyptic novels by Margaret Atwood, José Saramago, Octavia Butler and Cormac McCarthy with new realist theories, Monika Kaup shows that, just as new realist theory can illuminate post-apocalyptic literature, post-apocalyptic literature also embeds new theories of the real.Kaup showcases a context-based concept of the real, arguing that new realisms of complex and embedded wholes, actor-networks and ecologies, rather than old realisms of isolated parts and things, represent the most promising escape from the impasses of constructivism and positivism. To achieve this, Kaup brings together contemporary theories that formulate context-based realisms: Bruno Latour's actor-network theoryChilean neurophenomenologists Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela's theories of autopoiesis and enactivismGerman philosopher Markus Gabriel's new ontology of fields of senseFrench philosopher Jean-Luc Marion's phenomenology of givennessAmerican philosopher Alphonso Lingis's phenomenology of passionate identification
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2022)
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (352 pages) 2 B/W illustrations
ISBN:9781474483117
DOI:10.1515/9781474483117

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