(The) ethical work of literature in a post-humanist world : Don DeLillo, Arendt and Badiou

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Acknowledgements = ix
• Introduction = 1
• Contextualising the Research
• Arendtian and Badiouan Perspectives
• Chapter Outlines
• Chapter One : Pluralism vs. Universalism : Inclusion and Exclusion = 15
• 1.1 The Philosophical and Political Divide
• 1.2 Truth and Ethics of the New in a New Era
• 1.3 An Ontology of the Non-Presented
• 1.4 The Universal Project and "the thought of all"
• 1.5 Incomplete Totalities
• 1.6 "Passion for the Real" to Minimal Difference
• 1.7 In Defence of the Autonomous Individual
• 1.8 A Novel Form of Arendt's Political Activist
• Chapter Two : A Matter of Faith or Faith Matters = 40
• 2.1 The Modern Model of a Radical Universalist
• 2.2 DeLillo's Literary Transcendence
• 2.3 Faith as a Collective Experience
• Chapter Three : Mao Ⅱ : The Novel in an Epoch of Radical Novelty = 59
• 3.1 The Disaffected American Male
• 3.2 Crowded Futures
• 3.3 The Novel in the Media Age
• 3.4 Being Out of Time
• 3.5 Demise or Affirmation of the Writer
• Chapter Four : The Names : Poking a Hole in Knowledge = 81
• 4.1 Systems of Dominance and Resistance
• 4.2 Secrets in the Global Landscape
• 4.3 Transcendence, Violence and an of Ontology Language
• 4.4 Correspondence and Affirmation in DeLillo's Language Games
• 4.5 Opting Out is Not an Option
• Chapter Five : Cosmopolis : A Day in the Life of Eric Packer = 103
• 5.1 A Day's Journey into Night
• 5.2 Embodiment in the Technological Age
• 5.3 The End of the Day
• 5.4 The New Subject of History
• Chapter Six : Falling Man : When Terrorism Became the Main Plot = 130
• 6.1 Plot
• 6.2 Fraternity, Fidelity and Asceticism
• 6.3 Loss of Memory, Memory of Loss
• 6.4 Falling People
• Conclusion = 148
• Bibliography = 151