KIM STANLEY ROBINSON: NEW YORK 2140(A KAPITALIZMUS VÁLSÁGREGÉNYE)
KIM STANLEY ROBINSON: NEW YORK 2140 (A NOVEL ON THE CRISIS OF CAPITALISM)

Author(s): Otto Beke
Subject(s): American Literature
Published by: Scientia Kiadó
Keywords: Kim Stanley Robinson; New York 2140; capitalism; crisis;
Summary/Abstract: Kim Stanley Robinson’s novel New York 2140 was published in 2017. It presents a unique vision of endless expansion, global warming, climate along with a dystopian capitalism and the entailing humanitarian disasters. The main villain is the capitalist system itself, while the scene is set amid rhetorical structures of rising sea levels and floods. Beneath the surface of the novel, there are underlying murky waters in the form of financial-economic exchange processes, driven exclusively by the quest for maximum profit. The benefit of studying this work lies in a more complete understanding of the current socio-economic system, especially given the criticism of mass production and mass consumption. Indirectly, the novel contributes to the ongoing process of raising the readers’ awareness of the importance of eco-politics and its implementation in the real world.

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