J.M. Coetzee and the Limits of Cosmopolitanism [electronic resource] /
Hallemeier, K.author.
Drawing on postcolonial and gender studies, as well as affect theory, the book interrogates cosmopolitan philosophies. Through analysis of J.M. Coetzee's later fiction, Hallemeier invites the re-imagining of cosmopolitanism, particularly as it is performed through the reading of literature.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-189) and index.
Introduction: Cosmopolitanism and feeling -- Sympathy and cosmopolitanism -- John Coetzee and rational cosmopolitanism -- Elizabeth Costello and affective cosmopolitanism -- Shame and cosmopolitanism -- J.M. Coetzee and nonhuman cosmopolitanism -- Epilogue: Leave taking.
Drawing on postcolonial and gender studies, as well as affect theory, the book interrogates cosmopolitan philosophies. Through analysis of J.M. Coetzee's later fiction, Hallemeier invites the re-imagining of cosmopolitanism, particularly as it is performed through the reading of literature.
Coetzee, J. M., 1940-
Ethnology—Africa.
Literature   .
Literature, Modern—20th century.
Literature.
African literature.
Literature—Philosophy.
African Culture.
Postcolonial/World Literature.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
Literature, general.
African Literature.
Literary Theory.