Lu Xun's Affirmative Biopolitics

Nothingness and the Power of Self-Transcendence
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-032-10203-0
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 270 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 549 g

Reihe: Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory

This book presents a radically new interpretation of Lu Xun (1881–1936), the most prominent cultural figure of modern China, by bringing to light the naturalistic conception of culture that defines his thinking and by interpreting his naturalism in light of affirmative biopolitics and correlative thinking

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cui, Wenjin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Ost- & Südostasiatische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Chapter 1. Life and the Power of Self-Transcendence
Chapter 2. The Generation of a “New Life”
Chapter 3. Evolutionary Progress and In-Between Existence
Chapter 4. A Biopolitical Vision of Chinese Modernity
Chapter 5. Correlative Thinking and Its Modern Transformation
Chapter 6. Overcoming Nihilism
Chapter 7. The Negative Bond between Singular Existences
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Wenjin Cui is an Assistant Professor of Chinese at the University of New Hampshire. Her areas of specialization include modern and contemporary Chinese literature and culture, film studies, and critical theory.