A Sense of Apocalypse

Marcin Mazurek

ISBN 10: 363164812X / ISBN 13: 9783631648124

Verlag: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Mär 2014, 2014

Beschreibung

Neuware -Reaching into the depths of the collective unconscious, A Sense of Apocalypse explores and re-interprets one of the West¿s primordial fears, namely that of the apocalyptic closure of both cultural praxis and individual experience. Yet, in contrast to popular connotations of the term, apocalypse is viewed here in terms of a transitional narrative locating the subject at the intersection of technological determinism, pop-cultural imagination, postmodern urbanism and digital textuality. All these form the components of a new post-apocalyptic landscape, which not only produces a new identity informed by dissolving post-Enlightenment paradigms, but also conjures up hints at a large number of existential possibilities triggered by late-capitalist technologies and their cultural consequences. 140 pp. Englisch.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9783631648124

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: A Sense of Apocalypse
• Verlag: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Mär 2014
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 363164812X
• ISBN-13: 9783631648124
• Einband: Buch
• Zustand: Neu

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Inhaltsangabe

The book's argument revolves around the notion of apocalypse as metaphor, narrating a paradigmatic change in the discourse of postmodern identity. Drawing from science fiction studies, literary and cultural theory as well as popular cinema, it proposes a post-apocalyptic reading of late-capitalist culture.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Marcin Mazurek is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of English Cultures and Literatures at the University of Silesia (Poland). His research focuses on postmodern theory, culture-technology relationship and visual culture. He is the author of a number of articles in the above-mentioned fields.