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Exit Capitalism: Literary Culture, Theory and Post-Secular Modernity

By Simon During

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2009
ISBN
0415246555, 9780415246552, 0415246547, 9780415246545
LCC
PN51 .D87 2009
Open Library ID
OL10187843M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2111579 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
208\208
Time added
2010-10-03 22:52:24

Description

Exit Capitalism explores a new path for cultural studies and re-examines key moments of British cultural and literary history. Simon During argues that the long and liberating journey towards democratic state capitalism has led to an unhappy dead-end from which there is no imaginable exit. In this context, what do the humanities look like? What’s alive and what’s dead in the culture and its heritage? It becomes clear that the contemporary world order remains imperfect not just because it is unjust but because it cannot meet ethical standards produced in a past that still knew genuine hope. Simon During emphasises the need to rethink the position of Christianity and religion in the past, and at a more concrete level, also analyses how the decline of the socialist ideal and the emergence of endgame capitalism helped to produce both modern theory and cultural studies as academic fields.

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