The Neoliberal Imagination in Contemporary Literature: A Study of Empathy in a Time of Global Crisis
Author:   Tammy Amiel Houser
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Pages:   222
Publication Date:   06 August 2024
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Author:   Tammy Amiel Houser
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.585kg
ISBN:  

9781032752129


ISBN 10:   1032752122
Pages:   222
Publication Date:   06 August 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Acknowledgments Introduction: Neoliberalism and Its Discontents: The Centrality of Empathy in Post- 2008 Financial-Crisis Culture Chapter 1 Empathy in the Courtroom: The 2009 Criminal Case of Ralph Cioffi and Matthew Tannin Chapter 2 Literary Empathy, Embodied Relationality and the Critique of Neoliberalism: Taiye Selasi's Ghana Must Go in Dialogue with Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections Chapter 3 Unsettling the Promises of Empathy: Zadie Smith's NW Chapter 4 “I Have Made a Study of You”: Psychopathic Empathy and Surveillance Capitalism in Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl Chapter 5 Apathy, Empathy and the Possibility of Social Change: Ali Smith’s Seasonal Quartet Conclusion Index

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Tammy Amiel Houser is a Senior Lecturer at the Open University of Israel in the Department of Literature, Language, and the Arts, and the MA program in Cultural Studies. She has written on the influence of George Elliot on the development of the novel, and on the intricate nexus of literature, ethics, and politics. Her current focus is on contemporary fiction in English, with publications on authors such as Ian McEwan, Zadie Smith, and Margaret Atwood.

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