Power in Politics and Academia in Jonathan Coe's Novels (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781527503243)

This book explores the intricate manifestations of contemporary power, its related ideology, and the â oeresistance⠝ and reaction to the dominant discourse in Jonathan Coeâ (TM)s political fiction, covering the dismantling of the British social-democratic consensus, Thatcherism and Blairism, up to the new ideology of â oeGlobalism.⠝

Beyond the predictable dichotomy of support-opposition to power, the book argues the modern individual seems to have found another ontological approach, for which it coins the concept of â oeintentional unpower⠝. Furthermore, it demonstrates that there are three possibilities regarding the evolution of this type of social response, and invites the readers to discover them, while enjoying Coeâ (TM)s subtlety and humour.

Given its broad approach, the book will appeal to researchers in a wide range of domains, including literary and cultural studies, political theory, and sociology, as well as any reader fascinated with the essence of power, intellectual response, and discourses containing their own elements of subversion.

Author: Denisa Dumitrascu
ISBN-10: 1527503240
ISBN-13: 9781527503243
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Language: English
Published: 10/25/2017
Pages: 366
Format: Hardcover