Animismo y literatura - Una investigación histórica (de Platón al tecno-animismo)

The book deals with the phenomenon of animism as a philosophical proposal to understand historical formations of individuality, the emergence of new forms of subjectivity and the contemporary planetary crisis. Starting from the Athenian democratic animism (Plato) and the myth of Polyphemus (Ovid, Góngora), it explores the emergence of the modern subject up to its early capitalist transformation (Frankenstein).

About the author

José Luis Bellón Aguilera, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.

Summary

The book deals with the phenomenon of animism as a philosophical proposal to understand historical formations of individuality, the emergence of new forms of subjectivity and the contemporary planetary crisis. Starting from the Athenian democratic animism (Plato) and the myth of Polyphemus (Ovid, Góngora), it explores the emergence of the modern subject up to its early capitalist transformation (Frankenstein).

Product details

• Authors: José Luis Bellón Aguilera
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: Spanish
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 04.07.2025
• EAN: 9783111538006
• ISBN: 978-3-11-153800-6
• No. of pages: 260
• Illustrations: 1 b/w ill., 1 b/w tbl.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Romance linguistics / literary studies; Spanisch, Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft, auseinandersetzen, Animism, Philosophy: aesthetics, Literature: history & criticism, Westliche Philosophie: nach 1800, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, Literary theory, Classical literature, LIT000000 LITERARY CRITICISM / General, PHI046000 PHILOSOPHY / Individual Philosophers, LIT004190 LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LIT006000 LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, PHI000000 PHILOSOPHY / General, LIT024000 LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Spanish Golden Age