S. Kochin, Michael.

Michel Houellebecq, the Cassandra of Freedom : Submission and Decline. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (233 pages) - Faux Titre Series ; v.454 . - Faux Titre Series .

Intro -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Submission and Decline: Houellebecq as Cassandra and Jester -- Chapter 2 Michel Houellebecq and the "Political Triangle": The Republic, the Radical Right, and the "Ultimate Other" -- Chapter 3 The Mother of Invention: Theo van Gogh in Houellebecq's Rearview Mirror -- Chapter 4 Submission and the Possibility of Low-Intensity Totalitarianism in France -- Chapter 5 Western Decline and the Overcoming of the Metaphysical Stage in Houellebecq's Fiction -- Chapter 6 Michel Houellebecq's Comparative Political Science of Religion -- Chapter 7 Submission to Peace, and Polygamy: Should the French Acquiesce to Houellebecq's Dream of a New Islam? -- Chapter 8 The Pleasures of Decay in Houellebecq's Submission -- Chapter 9 Dissociation, Disavowal, and Despair in Houellebecq's Submission -- Chapter 10 Polygamy and the Political Problem of Eros in Houellebecq's Submission -- Index.

When fiction and reality meet: Probably no contemporary novel has shaped reality as powerfully Houellebeck's Submission. No previous analysis of Submission is as deep and encompassing as this volume written by experts on politics and literature.

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Houellebecq, Michel.-Soumission.
Houellebecq, Michel-Criticism and interpretation.
Nihilism in literature.
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