Without God : Michel Houellebecq and Materialist Horror /

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"Addresses the religious, metaphysical, and existential dimensions of French novelist Michel Houellebecq's work. Argues that Houellebecq is the foremost contemporary chronicler of the spiritual anxieties of Western and specifically French modernity"--Provided by publisher

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Betty, Louis (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Houellebecq, Michel.
Houellebecq, Michel > Criticism and interpretation.
Religion in literature.
Materialism in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > French.
Materialisme dans la litterature.
Religion dans la litterature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the Houellebecquian worldview
  • Materialism and secularism
  • The future of religion
  • Religion and utopia
  • Materialist horror
  • Liberalism is God and the West is its prophet.

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