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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Alex Houen (Professor of Modern Literature and Critical Theory, Professor of Modern Literature and Critical Theory, University of Cambridge)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 24.10cm Weight: 0.660kg ISBN: 9780198912286ISBN 10: 0198912285 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 27 August 2024 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsPart I: Atavisms: Reprising Ancient Sacrifice in Modern War, from Abraham and Isaac to Moloch Part II: Militant Martyrdoms Part III: Sacrifice's Gifts and Prices ConclusionReviewsSacrifice and Modern War Writing examines an impressive range of writers (over forty in each of its three Parts), and develops its readings with superb use of a wide range of theory from Derrida, Agamben, Butler, Girard, Paul Kahn, Levinas, Nietzsche, and others. This is an outstanding, wide-ranging, utterly original meditation on war as it impacted citizens and culture, dwelling on the victims and martyrs of the sacrifice complex and discovering the lineaments of resistance in what it finds at the heart of the war writers' ethical drive: 'an egalitarian imaginary counter to war's violent sacrifices'. * Adam Piette, author of Imagination at War and The Literary Cold War * Author InformationAlex Houen is Professor of Modern Literature and Critical Theory at Cambridge University, and Fellow of Pembroke College. He did a BA (Hons) and then a two-year research MPhil at the University of Sydney before obtaining a PhD at King's College, Cambridge. He taught Modern Literature and American Studies at the University of Sheffield until 2009. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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