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Author Jünger, Ernst, 1895-1998 author.

Uniform Title Eumeswil. English
Title Eumeswil / Ernst Jünger ; translated by Joachim Neugroschel ; edited and with an introduction by Russell A. Berman.

Publication Info. Candor, NY : Telos Press Publishing, [2015]

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Special Collections Welsh  833.912 J954e 2015    ---  Lib Use Only
Description xxi, 303 pages ; 23 cm
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Summary "Ernst Jünger's Eumeswil is a post-apocalyptic novel that combines elements of dystopian science fiction with a sustained philosophical reflection on the predicament of the individual in the face of the intrusive powers of the state and technology. Set in an undated future, the novel follows the reflections of Martin Venator, a historian living in the city-state of Eumeswil, ruled by a dictator known as the Condor. Venator regards himself as an "anarch," a figure who quietly accommodates himself to life within a dictatorship while simultaneously pursuing a life of inward resistance. As an anarch, Venator is a figure without loyalty to anyone but himself, yet at the same time he must also take careful measures to maintain the security of his current situation and to provide a means for escape in the event the government is overthrown"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents Introduction: The anarchic imagination in Eumeswil / By Russell A. Berman -- The teachers -- Isolation and security -- Night bar notes -- A day in the casbah -- A day in the city -- Concerning the forest -- Epilogue.
Language Translated from the German.
Subject Dystopias -- Fiction.
Dystopias. (OCoLC)fst00900372
Genre/Form Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
Dystopian fiction.
Apocalyptic fiction.
Science fiction.
Added Author Neugroschel, Joachim, translator.
Berman, Russell A., 1950- editor.
ISBN 9780914386520 (pbk.)
0914386522 (pbk.)

 
    
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