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Michel Houellebecq, the Cassandra of Freedom : Submission and Decline.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Faux Titre SeriesPublisher: Boston : BRILL, 2021Copyright date: ©2022Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (233 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789004498136
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Michel Houellebecq, the Cassandra of FreedomDDC classification:
  • 745.05
LOC classification:
  • PN56.N55 M534 2022
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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