Imposing Fictions: Subversive Literature and the Imperative of Authenticity

by Thomas Phillips

Imposing Fictions aims to ameliorate the growing problem of what Martin Heidegger refers to as psychological and cultural "homelessness" by diagnosing the nature of the latter's current manifestations and offering readings of literature that seek to inspire the genuine, and genuinely subversive, alterity required by an authentic mode of being. Specifically, it advocates for the value of subversive literature and its capacity to impose itself on...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1680535358
• ISBN13: 9781680535358
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Academica Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"