Apocalypse and Post-Politics: The Romance of the End

by Mary Manjikian

Book Overview

In Mary Manjikian's Apocalypse and Post-Politics: The Romance of the End, apocalypse-themed novels of contemporary America and historic Britain are affirmed as a creative luxury of development. Manjikian examines a number of such novels using the lens of an international relations theorist, identifying faults in the logic of the American exceptionalists and showing that the apocalyptic narrative provides both a counterpoint and a corrective to the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739190660
• ISBN13: 9780739190661
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"