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Chaos and cosmos : the imaginary and the political in Jorge Luis Borges /

This unprecedented exploration of Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges presents him as a thinker of the political whose prolific fiction responded to totalitarianism. Martín Plot contextualizes Borges' work with other critical responses to totalitarianism from Claude Lefort, Hannah Arendt, Mauric...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Plot, Martín (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2024].
Series:Social imaginaries.
Subjects:
Borges, Jorge Luis, > 1899-1986 > Criticism and interpretation.
Argentine fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Politics and literature > Argentina > History > 20th century.
Politics in literature.
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Summary:This unprecedented exploration of Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges presents him as a thinker of the political whose prolific fiction responded to totalitarianism. Martín Plot contextualizes Borges' work with other critical responses to totalitarianism from Claude Lefort, Hannah Arendt, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Carl Schmitt.
Physical Description:xiii, 237 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781538178676
1538178672