Twenty First Century Fictions Of Terrorism
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Author |
: Arin Keeble |
Publisher |
: Edinburgh University Press |
Total Pages |
: 321 |
Release |
: 2024-05-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781474478700 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1474478700 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (00 Downloads) |
Synopsis Twenty-First Century Fictions of Terrorism by : Arin Keeble
Examining novels by celebrated authors, some neglected and some brand new texts, Arin Keeble offers a detailed analysis of the ways novels from around the world have represented terrorism in the early twenty-first century. Over five chapters, he uncovers a movement away from event-based narratives toward depictions of terrorism as a violent symptom or feature of twenty-first century world-systems and neoliberalism. Beginning with the early literary response to 9/11 and the 9/11 novel genre, the book moves through more recent depictions of the endless 'war on terror', state terror, white nationalist terror and historical narratives of terror that resonate in the current political climate. In doing so, it examines the changing ways literature has sought to make sense of both the reasons why terrorism occurs and the effects it has on victims, survivors and international and intercultural relations.
Author |
: Peter Boxall |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 277 |
Release |
: 2013 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781107006911 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1107006910 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (11 Downloads) |
Synopsis Twenty-first-century Fiction by : Peter Boxall
"The widespread use of electronic communication at the dawn of the twenty-first century has created a global context for our interactions, transforming the ways we relate to the world and to one another. This critical introduction reads the fiction of the past decade as a response to our contemporary predicament - one that draws on new cultural and technological developments to challenge established notions of democracy, humanity, and national and global sovereignty. Peter Boxall traces formal and thematic similarities in the novels of contemporary writers including Don DeLillo, Margaret Atwood, J. M. Coetzee, Marilynne Robinson, Cormac McCarthy, W. G. Sebald and Philip Roth, as well as David Mitchell, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Dave Eggers, Ali Smith, Amy Waldman and Roberto Bolaño. In doing so, Boxall maps new territory for scholars, students and interested readers of today's literature by exploring how these authors narrate shared cultural life in the new century"-- Provided by publisher.
Author |
: Marc Sageman |
Publisher |
: University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages |
: 210 |
Release |
: 2011-09-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780812206784 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0812206789 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis Leaderless Jihad by : Marc Sageman
In the post-September 11 world, Al Qaeda is no longer the central organizing force that aids or authorizes terrorist attacks or recruits terrorists. It is now more a source of inspiration for terrorist acts carried out by independent local groups that have branded themselves with the Al Qaeda name. Building on his previous groundbreaking work on the Al Qaeda network, forensic psychiatrist Marc Sageman has greatly expanded his research to explain how Islamic terrorism emerges and operates in the twenty-first century. In Leaderless Jihad, Sageman rejects the views that place responsibility for terrorism on society or a flawed, predisposed individual. Instead, he argues, the individual, outside influence, and group dynamics come together in a four-step process through which Muslim youth become radicalized. First, traumatic events either experienced personally or learned about indirectly spark moral outrage. Individuals interpret this outrage through a specific ideology, more felt and understood than based on doctrine. Usually in a chat room or other Internet-based venues, adherents share this moral outrage, which resonates with the personal experiences of others. The outrage is acted on by a group, either online or offline. Leaderless Jihad offers a ray of hope. Drawing on historical analogies, Sageman argues that the zeal of jihadism is self-terminating; eventually its followers will turn away from violence as a means of expressing their discontent. The book concludes with Sageman's recommendations for the application of his research to counterterrorism law enforcement efforts.
Author |
: Peter Boxall |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 277 |
Release |
: 2013-06-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781107244498 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1107244498 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis Twenty-First-Century Fiction by : Peter Boxall
The widespread use of electronic communication at the dawn of the twenty-first century has created a global context for our interactions, transforming the ways we relate to the world and to one another. This critical introduction reads the fiction of the past decade as a response to our contemporary predicament – one that draws on new cultural and technological developments to challenge established notions of democracy, humanity, and national and global sovereignty. Peter Boxall traces formal and thematic similarities in the novels of contemporary writers including Don DeLillo, Margaret Atwood, J. M. Coetzee, Marilynne Robinson, Cormac McCarthy, W. G. Sebald and Philip Roth, as well as David Mitchell, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Dave Eggers, Ali Smith, Amy Waldman and Roberto Bolaño. In doing so, Boxall maps new territory for scholars, students and interested readers of today's literature by exploring how these authors narrate shared cultural life in the new century.
Author |
: Matt Graham |
Publisher |
: Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages |
: 252 |
Release |
: 2024-07-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781040091135 |
ISBN-13 |
: 104009113X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Synopsis Postmodernism, Twenty-First Century Culture, and American Fiction by : Matt Graham
Postmodernism’s ‘end’ is a complex and contentious topic. Yet, one overarching consensus emerges: the postmodern has been surpassed. This book poses a thought experiment challenging this position – what if postmodernism persists within the twenty-first century? Rather than designate a new epoch or coherent movement, this book interrogates the fragmented, contradictory, and counterintuitive endurance of postmodern aesthetics within post-Cold War America. An alternative use of postmodern aesthetics becomes possible when they are decoupled from their twentieth-century historical location. Collectively, these repetitions posit a postmodern continuum, contrasting the widely called-for succession of postmodernism via this decoupling. When postmodern aesthetics are no longer unconsciously repeated within their cultural moment, this emergent shift within a period ‘after’ postmodernism presents an alternative historical positioning and use. After their cultural vanguard, postmodern aesthetics become a confrontation of the chaotic realism of an inescapable post-Cold War capitalism, tapping into this cultural zeitgeist through literature.
Author |
: Daniel O'Gorman |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 629 |
Release |
: 2019-01-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781134743773 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1134743777 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (73 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Routledge Companion to Twenty-First Century Literary Fiction by : Daniel O'Gorman
The study of contemporary fiction is a fascinating yet challenging one. Contemporary fiction has immediate relevance to popular culture, the news, scholarly organizations, and education – where it is found on the syllabus in schools and universities – but it also offers challenges. What is ‘contemporary’? How do we track cultural shifts and changes? The Routledge Companion to Twenty-First Century Literary Fiction takes on this challenge, mapping key literary trends from the year 2000 onwards, as the landscape of our century continues to take shape around us. A significant and central intervention into contemporary literature, this Companion offers essential coverage of writers who have risen to prominence since then, such as Hari Kunzru, Jennifer Egan, David Mitchell, Jonathan Lethem, Ali Smith, A. L. Kennedy, Hilary Mantel, Marilynne Robinson, and Colson Whitehead. Thirty-eight essays by leading and emerging international scholars cover topics such as: • Identity, including race, sexuality, class, and religion in the twenty-first century; • The impact of technology, terrorism, activism, and the global economy on the modern world and modern literature; • The form and format of twenty-first century literary fiction, including analysis of established genres such as the pastoral, graphic novels, and comedic writing, and how these have been adapted in recent years. Accessible to experts, students, and general readers, The Routledge Companion to Twenty-First Century Literary Fiction provides a map of the critical issues central to the discipline, as well as uncovering new perspectives and new directions for the development of the field. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the past, present, and future of contemporary literature.
Author |
: Philip Bobbitt |
Publisher |
: Penguin UK |
Total Pages |
: 1019 |
Release |
: 2013-04-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780141916828 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0141916826 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (28 Downloads) |
Synopsis Terror and Consent by : Philip Bobbitt
The wars against terror have begun, but it will take some time before the nature and composition of these wars is widely understood. The objective of these wars is not the conquest of territory, or the silencing of any particular ideology, but rather to secure the necessary environment for states to operate according to principles of consent and make it impossible for our enemies to impose or induce states of terror. Terror and Consent argues that, like so many states and civilizations in the past that suffered defeat, we are fighting the last war, with weapons and concepts that were useful to us then but have now been superseded. Philip Bobbitt argues that we need to reforge links that previous societies have made between law and strategy; to realize how the evolution of modern states has now produced a globally networked terrorism that will change as fast as we can identify it; to combine humanitarian interests with strategies of intervention; and, above all, to rethink what 'victory' in such a war, if it is a war, might look like - no occupied capitals, no treaties, no victory parades, but the preservation, protection and defence of states of consent. This is one of the most challenging and wide-ranging books of any kind about our modern world.
Author |
: Joshua Miller |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 347 |
Release |
: 2021-09-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781108976855 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1108976859 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Twenty-First Century American Fiction by : Joshua Miller
Reading lists, course syllabi, and prizes include the phrase '21st-century American literature,' but no critical consensus exists regarding when the period began, which works typify it, how to conceptualize its aesthetic priorities, and where its geographical boundaries lie. Considerable criticism has been published on this extraordinary era, but little programmatic analysis has assessed comprehensively the literary and critical/theoretical output to help readers navigate the labyrinth of critical pathways. In addition to ensuring broad coverage of many essential texts, The Cambridge Companion to 21st Century American Fiction offers state-of-the field analyses of contemporary narrative studies that set the terms of current and future research and teaching. Individual chapters illuminate critical engagements with emergent genres and concepts, including flash fiction, speculative fiction, digital fiction, alternative temporalities, Afro-futurism, ecocriticism, transgender/queer studies, anti-carceral fiction, precarity, and post-9/11 fiction.
Author |
: Bernice M. Murphy |
Publisher |
: Edinburgh University Press |
Total Pages |
: 257 |
Release |
: 2017-12-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781474414869 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1474414869 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (69 Downloads) |
Synopsis Twenty-First-Century Popular Fiction by : Bernice M. Murphy
This groundbreaking collection provides students with a timely and accessible overview of current trends within contemporary popular fiction.
Author |
: S. Adiseshiah |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 225 |
Release |
: 2015-12-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781137035189 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1137035188 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (89 Downloads) |
Synopsis Twenty-First Century Fiction by : S. Adiseshiah
This lively new volume of essays examines what happens now in 21st century fiction. Fresh theoretical approaches to writers such as Salman Rushdie, David Peace, Margaret Atwood, and Hilary Mantel, and identifications of 21st-century themes, tropes and styles combine to produce a timely critical intervention into genuinely contemporary fiction.