Of Lost Kingdoms and Strange Moments: Subjective Utopianism in Michel Houellebecq’s Les Particules élémentaire

The novels of contemporary French author Michel Houellebecq are notorious for their critique of late capitalist society, offering a vitriolic portrayal of humanity that at times borders on the pornographic, the racist and the nihilistic. However, beyond the depiction of Western decline, one of the d...

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Main Author: Françoise Campbell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Monash University 2018-12-01
Series:Colloquy: Text, Theory, Critique
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.26180/5c11deea20704