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Without God : Michel Houellebecq and materialist horror

Title
Without God : Michel Houellebecq and materialist horror / Louis Betty.
Author
Betty, Louis
Publication
  • University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2016]
  • ©2016

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Description
161 pages; 24 cm
Summary
"Addresses the religious, metaphysical, and existential dimensions of French novelist Michel Houellebecq's work. Argues that Houellebecq is the foremost contemporary chronicler of the spiritual anxieties of Western and specifically French modernity"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-155) and index.
Contents
Introduction : the Houellebecquian worldview -- Materialism and secularism -- The future of religion -- Religion and utopia -- Materialist horror -- Liberalism is God and the West is its prophet.
Call Number
JFE 16-9060
ISBN
  • 9780271074085
  • 0271074086
LCCN
2016002369
OCLC
929123063
Author
Betty, Louis, author.
Title
Without God : Michel Houellebecq and materialist horror / Louis Betty.
Publisher
University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2016]
Copyright Date
©2016
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-155) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 16-9060
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