New Ecological Realisms: Post-Apocalyptic Fiction And Contemporary Theory (Speculative Realism) - 9781474483100

Monika Kaup pairs post-apocalyptic novels by Margaret Atwood, José Saramago, Octavia Butler and Cormac McCarthy with new realist theories from Bruno Latour, Humberto Maturana, Francisco Varela, Markus Gabriel, Jean-Luc Marion and Alphonso Lingis. She shows that, just as new realist theory can illuminate post-apocalyptic literature, post-apocalyptic literature can illuminate new theories of the real. Kaup showcases a context-based concept of the real. She argues that new realisms of complex and embedded wholes, actor-networks and ecologies - not the old realisms of isolated parts and things - represent the most promising escape from the impasses of constructivism and positivism.

• | Author: Monika Kaup
• | Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• | Publication Date: May 21, 2021
• | Number of Pages: 352 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1474483100
• | ISBN-13: 9781474483100