9 Ergebnisse.

This book develops a new theory of the novel for the twenty-first century. In the works of writers such as J. M. Coetzee, Rachel Cusk, James Kelman, W. G. Sebald, and Zadie Smith, Timothy Bewes identifies a mode of thought that he calls "free indirect, " in which the novel's refusal of prevailing ideologies can be found.

This book develops a new theory of the novel for the twenty-first century. In the works of writers such as J. M. Coetzee, Rachel Cusk, James Kelman, W. G. Sebald, and Zadie Smith, Timothy Bewes identifies a mode of thought that he calls "free indirect, " in which the novel's refusal of prevailing ideologies can be found.

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This study descends into the modern cynical consciousness and emerges with a critical assessment of the preoccupations of contemporary society. It charts the development of a culture of cynicism in forms, such as an obsession with finality and integrity.

Emphasizes a new critical awareness of the singular qualities of the novel, a form whose truths may not be translatable to other cognitive, scientific, or political vocabularies.

The end of the Soviet period, the vast expansion in the power and influence of capital, and recent developments in social and aesthetic theory, have made the work of Hungarian Marxist philosopher and social critic Georg Luk cs more vital than ever. The very innovations in literary method that, during the 80s and 90s, marginalized him in the West have now made possible new readings of Luk cs, less in thrall to the positions taken by Luk cs hims...

Since culture is the mediator between the individual and society, it is not surprising that it is a crucial part of politics. This book presents a series of differing inflections of the relationship between politics and culture.

Re-examines the principal themes of Lukacs' work, considering their relevance for a generation of scholars interested in the relations between politics and aesthetics. This collection brings together work on Lukacs from the fields of Philosophy, Social and Political Thought, Literary and Cultural Studies.

Of all the concepts which have emerged to describe the effects of capitalism on the human world, none is more graphic or easily grasped than 'reification' - the process by which men and women are turned into objects, things. Arising out of Marx's account of commodity fetishism, the concept of reification offers an unrivalled tool with which to explain the real consequences of the power of capital on the consciousness of self. Symptoms of reifi...