... In this chapter, Hageman explores what Slavoj Žižek’s critique of contemporary ecological thinking has to offer the field of literary ecocriticism. Identifying the three main ideas of traditional ecocriticism—that nature not only exists but is a harmonious, organic totality; that human beings...

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... capitalism’s position as the ultimate Real of contemporary existence. Slavoj Žižek postcolonialism feminism multiculturalism concrete universality In this chapter, Hageman explores what Slavoj Žižek’s critique of contemporary ecological thinking has to offer the field of literary ecocriticism...

... periods, nationalities, and genres, as well as engage numerous theoretical fields, from semiotics, aesthetics, historicism, and ideology critique to feminism, postcolonialism, ecocriticism, and, of course, psychoanalysis. Slavoj Žižek literary theory literary criticism philosophy psychoanalysis ...