CULTURAL DECLINE, CAPITALIST DETERRITORIALIZATION,
AND SOCIAL DEGENERATION IN HOUELLEBECQ’S FICTION
CULTURAL DECLINE, CAPITALIST DETERRITORIALIZATION,
AND SOCIAL DEGENERATION IN HOUELLEBECQ’S FICTION
Author(s): Carmen PetcuSubject(s): French Literature, Contemporary Philosophy, Culture and social structure , Sociology of Culture, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Addleton Academic Publishers
Keywords: cultural decline; capitalist deterritorialization; social degeneration;
Summary/Abstract: I draw on a substantial body of theoretical research (e.g. Abecassis, 2000; Ahearne, 2017; Attridge, 2017; Holzer, 2003; McCann, 2010; Morrey, 2014; Schoolcraft III and Golsan, 2007) on Houellebecq’s image of capitalist globalization, the depressive narrative voice of his novels, and the peripheral status of his male protagonists within the sexual marketplace. Houellebecq’s fiction is consecrated to depicting facets of the apparent degradation of contemporary French society. His novels are filled with multivarious kinds of established culture-shaping discourses that sometimes are linked to entities customarily immersed in the realm of culture.
Journal: Review of Contemporary Philosophy
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 17
- Page Range: 93-99
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English
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