Speaking Politically

In this monograph Theodor Adorno's philosophy engages with postcolonial texts and authors that emerge out of situations of political extremity - apartheid South Africa, war-torn Sri Lanka, Pinochet's dictatorship, and the Greek military junta.

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Dr Eleni Philippou is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Comparative Criticism and Translation (OCCT) at the University of Oxford. Beyond her key research interests in postcolonial and world literature, she is also interested in critical theory, comparative literature, and translation studies. She is an award-winning poet, with a number of poems published in both British and international anthologies and journals.

Klappentext

In this monograph Theodor Adorno's philosophy engages with postcolonial texts and authors that emerge out of situations of political extremity - apartheid South Africa, war-torn Sri Lanka, Pinochet's dictatorship, and the Greek military junta.

Inhalt

Introduction: "Speaking Politically, Not Politics"

Chapter 1: Coetzee's Life and Times of Michael K and an Alternative Political Commitment

Chapter 2: Márquez's Chronicle of a Death Foretold and its Quiet Politics

Chapter 3: Karapanou's Kassandra and the Wolf and Truth Content

Chapter 4: Ondaatje's Anil's Ghost and the Non-Identical

Conclusion: "Writing about flowers at a time like this"