The End of the World (Alternatives)
Rabkin, Eric S; Greenberg, Martin H.; Olander Ph.D., Dr. Joseph D.
Language: English
Published by Southern Illinois University Press, 1983
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- Title
- The End of the World (Alternatives)
- Author
- Rabkin, Eric S; Greenberg, Martin H.; Olander Ph.D., Dr. Joseph D.
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Publication year
- 1983
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0809310333
- ISBN 13
- 9780809310333
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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.
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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.
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