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The Literary and Cultural Rhetoric of Victimhood : Western Europe, 1970-2005 /

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In a series of paradigmatic readings of René Girard, Peter Sloterdijk, Michael Haneke, Anselm Kiefer, Michel Houellebecq, Elfriede Jelinek, Giorgio Agamben, Naqvi examines the current fascination with victimhood and the desire for victim status.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Naqvi, Fatima (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Subjects:
Social Sciences.
Anthropology.
Cultural Studies.
General Psychology.
Linguistics, general.
Literary Theory.
US History.
Culture > Study and teaching.
Linguistics.
Literature > Philosophy.
Popular culture > Study and teaching.
Psychology.
Social sciences.
United States > History.
Electronic books.
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Summary:In a series of paradigmatic readings of René Girard, Peter Sloterdijk, Michael Haneke, Anselm Kiefer, Michel Houellebecq, Elfriede Jelinek, Giorgio Agamben, Naqvi examines the current fascination with victimhood and the desire for victim status.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (272 pages)
ISBN:9780230603479
DOI:10.1057/9780230603479