The End of the World (Alternatives)

Rabkin, Eric S; Greenberg, Martin H.; Olander Ph.D., Dr. Joseph D.

ISBN 10: 0809310333 / ISBN 13: 9780809310333

Published by Southern Illinois University Press, 1983

About this Item

Ex-library edition with stickers, stamps and an inside front cover check out sleeve ID'ing it as such; the book and jacket have some light wear around the edges; the jacket has a mylar sleeve with tape.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The End of the World (Alternatives)
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Publication Date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0809310333
• ISBN 13: 9780809310333
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

The essays selected by the editors to ex­plore these apocalyptic visions are: “The Re­making of Zero: Beginning at the End,” by Gary K. Wolfe; “The Lone Survivor,” by Robert Plank; “Ambiguous Apocalypse: Transcendental Versions of the End,” by Robert Galbreath; “World’s End: The Imag­ination of Catastrophe,” by W. Warren Wagar; “Man-Made Catastrophes,” by Brian Stableford; and “The Rebellion of Nature,” by W. Warren Wagar.

Wolfe sees in these postholocaust narra­tives a central attraction—“the mythic power inherent in the very conception of a remade world.” This power derives from three sources: the emergence of a new order from the ashes of the old system, and thus a kind of denial of death; the reinforcement of one set of values as opposed to another; and as something always replaces whatever was destroyed, a promise that nothing can anni­hilate humanity.

About the Author

Eric S. Rabkin is Professor of English and Associate Dean for Long Range Planning at the University of Michigan.

Martin H. Greenberg is with the College of Community Services at the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay.

Joseph D. Olander is Vice-Presi­dent for Academic Affairs, University of Texas, El Paso.