Ethics and Desire in the Wake of Postmodernism

Ethics and Desire in the Wake of Postmodernism
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Publisher : A&C Black
Total Pages : 362
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ISBN-10 : 9781441127518
ISBN-13 : 1441127518
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Book Synopsis Ethics and Desire in the Wake of Postmodernism by : Graham Matthews

Download or read book Ethics and Desire in the Wake of Postmodernism written by Graham Matthews and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-04-26 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the significance of writing in the wake of postmodernism? The previous decade has seen a growing interest in criticism of postmodern ethics and aesthetics from theorists and writers. This book begins to answer what art form or critical methodology might take its place. Exploring the work of six contemporary novelists - Bret Easton Ellis, J.G. Ballard, Will Self, Michel Houellebecq, Tama Janowitz and Chuck Palahniuk - Ethics and Desire in the Wake of Postmodernism delivers a series of interventions into six key areas of contemporary debate: fear, nihilism, revolution, ethics, enjoyment and feminism. The book goes on to develop an innovative critical methodology which reinvigorates the ability of art and literature to engage in ideological critique. Rather than valorising separatism, plurality or indeterminacy, this approach delivers a critical framework which enacts a radical de-centering of the fundamental coordinates of contemporary society.


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