{"product_id":"new-ecological-realisms-post-apocalyptic-fiction-and-contemporary-theory-paperback","title":"New Ecological Realisms: Post-Apocalyptic Fiction and Contemporary Theory - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMonika Kaup\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMonika 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePresents post-apocalyptic fiction as an important and unique source of new realist ontologies What is the singular reality of humanistic objects of study? By pairing post-apocalyptic novels by Margaret Atwood, José Saramago, Octavia Butler and Cormac McCarthy with new realist theories, Monika Kaup shows that, just as new realist theory can illuminate post-apocalyptic literature, post-apocalyptic literature also embeds new theories of the real. She showcases a context-based concept of the real, arguing that new realisms of complex and embedded wholes, actor-networks and ecologies, rather than old realisms of isolated parts and things, represent the most promising escape from the impasses of constructivism and positivism. To achieve this Kaup brings together four contemporary theories that have never been considered together before and that formulate context-based realisms: Bruno Latour's actor-network theory; Chilean neurophenomenologists Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela's theories of autopoiesis and enactivism; German philosopher Markus Gabriel's new ontology of fields of sense; French philosopher Jean-Luc Marion's phenomenology of givenness and American philosopher Alphonso Lingis's phenomenology of passionate identification. Monika Kaup is Professor of English at the University of Washington\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMonika Kaup is Professor of English at the University of Washington. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eNeobaroque in the Americas: Alternative Modernities in Literature, Visual Art, and Film\u003c\/i\u003e (University of Virginia Press 2012) and she is co-editor of \u003ci\u003eBaroque New Worlds: Representation, Transculturation, Counterconquest\u003c\/i\u003e (Duke University Press 2010).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 21, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42728826929215,"sku":"9781474483100","price":81.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/a278b7c2f10a365cf8b7805893bf37c8.webp?v=1765119932","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/new-ecological-realisms-post-apocalyptic-fiction-and-contemporary-theory-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}