Store besparelser
Hurtig levering
Fri fragt over 499,-
Gemte
Log ind
0
Kurv
Kurv
Lucky Mud & Other Foma
- A Field Guide to Kurt Vonnegut's Environmentalism and Planetary Citizenship
Engelsk Paperback

Lucky Mud & Other Foma

- A Field Guide to Kurt Vonnegut's Environmentalism and Planetary Citizenship
Engelsk Paperback

173 kr
Tilføj til kurv
Sikker betaling
6 - 8 hverdage

Om denne bog
Vonnegut''s major apocalyptic trio - Cat''s Cradle, Slapstick, and Galapagos - prompt broad global, national, and specieslevel thinking about environmental issues through dramatic and fantastic scenarios. This book tells the story of the origins and legacy of what Kurt Vonnegut understood as ''planetary citizenship'' and explores key roots, influences, literary techniques, and artistic expressions of his interest in environmental activism through his writing. Vonnegut saw writing itself as an act of good citizenship, as a way of ''poisoning'' the minds of young people ''with humanity ... to encourage them to make a better world.'' Often that literary activism meant addressing real social and environmental problems - polluted water, soil, and air; the plasticization of cultures and lives; racial and economic injustice; isolating and dehumanizing technologies; and lives and landscapes desolated by war. Vonnegut''s remedies took many forms, from the redemptive power of the arts to artificial extended families to vital communities and engaged democracies. Reminding us of our shared connections as humans, as Earthlings, as stardust, Lucky Mud helps fans, scholars, and book lovers of all kinds experience how Vonnegut''s writings offer whole Earth, interstellar, and specieslevel perspectives and purposely challenge readers to think, create, and love.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
368
ISBN-13:
9781644213919
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1644213915
Udg. Dato:
1 okt 2024
Længde:
27mm
Bredde:
228mm
Højde:
151mm
Forlag:
Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Oplagsdato:
1 okt 2024
Forfatter(e):
Finder produkter...
Kategori sammenhænge