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Google Preview: Posthuman Worlds: Roberto Bolano's Narrative and Virtual Reality presents interpretations of several novels and one short story by Roberto Bolano. As befits the global setting of most of these narratives, they are analyzed from the perspective of global culture and politics. Particular attention is paid to transnational European politics, as this topic is central to an understanding of the intertwined themes of politics and the law in Bolano's work. In Distant Star and "Labyrinth," these themes exist within the context of a preoccupation with personal identity and ideology. Adolfo Cacheiro utilizes psychoanalytic interpretation and philosophical exegesis to clarify the subjective component of this preoccupation in the aforementioned texts. The law is also a prominent theme of The Savage Detectives, which Cacheiro interprets in relation to mythology. One of the most innovative aspects of this book is the discussion of the role of virtual reality in Amulet and 2666. These novels are read as representations of a posthuman world that manifest an intertextual relationship with science fiction. In 2666 virtual reality unifies the diverse components of a world system in time and space. A phenomenological investigation of this reality supports the conclusion that the principle subject matter of 2666 is a naturalistic theology based on technology.; Adolfo Cacheiro is professor of Spanish at Wayne State College.; Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: Autobiographical Phenomenology Chapter 1: The Force Field of the Real: Imaginary and Symbolic Identification in Distant Star Chapter 2: Fidelity to the Event in "Labyrinth" Chapter 3: TheSavage Detectives and Fate Chapter 4: Amulet as a Posthuman Text Chapter 5: Transnational Allegory as a Prelude to Brexit Chapter 6: The Part about Heidegger Chapter 7: Bizarro World Chapter 8: Virtual Reality and the Revolutionary Subject Chapter 9: "Redemption to the Redeemer" Conclusion: Ontological Considerations Bibliography Index About the Author; Download; Google Preview content

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