Postapokaliptyka. Rekonesans badawczy
Post-Apocalypse: The State of Research
Author(s): Jerzy FranczakSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Anthropology, Philosophy, Studies of Literature, Sociology of Culture, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Theory of Literature
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: post-apocalypse; apocalypse; catastrophe; trauma; postmodernity;
Summary/Abstract: Franczak surveys the vast cultural phenomenon called the post-apocalypse. The selection of texts and practices, based on formal criteria, is treated from various perspectives: as a late-modern refiguration of the apocalyptic imaginary, as an epochal adaptation of the main themes of catastrophism, as a substitute expression of traumatic historical experiences, and as a unique philosophical and anthropological laboratory. Franczak concludes by suggesting ways to identify the collective phantasms that shape the postapocalypse and to consider its ambivalent political nature.
Journal: Teksty Drugie
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 94-117
- Page Count: 24
- Language: Polish
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