{"product_id":"subject-of-the-event-sebastian-huber-9781501338083","title":"Subject of the Event: Reagency in the American Novel After 2000","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat does falling in love have in common with the fall of the Berlin Wall? Or the fall of the Twin Towers? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the light of postmodernism's programmatic critique of a humanist notion of the subject and an emphatic understanding of events, \u003ci\u003eSubject of the Event\u003c\/i\u003e shows that selected American novels after 2000 offer an alternative to the \"death of the subject.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As the first book to comprehensively engage with Alain Badiou's writings outside of a philosophical context, \u003ci\u003eSubject of the Event\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes five critically acclaimed novels of the new millennium-Cormac McCarthy's \u003ci\u003eThe Road\u003c\/i\u003e (2006), Jess Walter's\u003ci\u003e The Zero\u003c\/i\u003e (2006), Mark Z. Danielewski's \u003ci\u003eOnly Revolutions\u003c\/i\u003e (2006), Paul Beatty's \u003ci\u003eSlumberland\u003c\/i\u003e (2008) and Thomas Pynchon's \u003ci\u003eAgainst the Day\u003c\/i\u003e (2006)-and argues that they create different 'subjects of the event' that are empowered with \"reagency.\" The \"subject of the event\" and its empowerment, what this book calls \"reagency,\" implies that subjects only evolve out of their confrontation with the revolutionary impetus that events propel. Unlike a humanist capability of \u003ci\u003ehaving\u003c\/i\u003e agency, reagency is defined as a repetitive subjective praxis that is contingent upon events, which is given a concrete literary form in the novels under investigation. Sebastian Huber explores how the American penchant for events (\"new beginnings,\" \"clean slates,\" \"apocalypse\") is being critically dealt with in the novels at hand, while still offering an emphatic idea of singular disruptions that open up ways for subjects to affirm and become empowered by the new propositions of these happenings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sebastian Huber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501338080\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501338083\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/30\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Sebastian Huber","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48485473059071,"sku":"9781501338083","price":48.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5b5769aa-a39b-4514-8860-4f7d55c6b2e2.jpg?v=1778049708","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/subject-of-the-event-sebastian-huber-9781501338083","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}