Possibilitys Parents - Stories At the End of Liberalism

This book analyzes works of late 20th century literature to unearth themes related to western classical liberal societies. The analysis suggests new ways of thinking about building political philosophies capable of replacing the classical liberal model.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Did you ever wonder what the world would be like without you in it? An Introduction
Chapter 2: Did you ever notice that there were stories within stories? Consciousness and Modernity's Myth of Reality in Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy
Chapter 3: Do you believe in God? Presence, the Anxiety of Existence, and the Myth of America as a City Upon a Hill in Thomas Pynchon's Mason & Dixon
Chapter 4: Do you believe in magic? Wise Imagination and the Myth of Instrumental Reason in George MacDonald's Phantastes and Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys
Chapter 5: Do you believe in dragons? Blindness, Opsis, and the Myth of the
Administrative State in Waiting for the Barbarians and Blindness
Chapter 6: Why can't people accept each other? Community, Alterity, and Witness in Nnedi Okorafor's The Book of Phoenix and Who Fears Death
Chapter 7: What can I do? Stories and Possibility

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Summary

This book analyzes works of late 20th century literature to unearth themes related to western classical liberal societies. The analysis suggests new ways of thinking about building political philosophies capable of replacing the classical liberal model.

Product details

• Authors: Margaret Seyford Hrezo, Margaret Seyford Pappas Hrezo, Nicholas Pappas, Pappas Nicholas
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9781498598828
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-9882-8
• No. of pages: 170
• Series: Politics, Literature, & Film
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Econometrics, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Political science and theory, Econometrics, Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies, Centrist democratic ideologies, Econometrics and economic statistics