Christopher Schaberg

Adventure

An Argument for Limits

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Produktbeschreibung

What is the meaning of "adventure" as we enter the third decade of the 21st century, after a global pandemic, social and geopolitical calamities, and accelerating environmental catastrophes? What stories are humans telling about wilderness, remote destinations, and the most difficult thoughts thinkable? Adventure is a pinball assortment of unexpected encounters. Each chapter entertains a specific project, fantasy, or activity that dabbles with adventure - and runs into limits. Subjects range from Mars exploration, commercial space tourism, and adventure consumerism, to the day-to-day experiences of living in a world increasingly impacted by climate change and environmental disasters. Taking a wide-angle view - at times personal, at others theoretical - Schaberg explores our ideas about adventure and their narrative, cultural, and philosophical underpinnings.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. August 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 168g
• ISBN-13: 9798765101469
• Artikelnr.: 66166121

Autorenporträt

Christopher Schaberg is Dorothy Harrell Brown Distinguished Professor of English at Loyola University, New Orleans, USA. He is the author of 7 books, including The Textual Life of Airports (2013), The Work of Literature in an Age of Post-Truth (2018), and Pedagogy of the Depressed (2022). He is series co-editor (with Ian Bogost) of Bloomsbury's Object Lessons series.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1. A Little Adventure Everywhere
Part 2. Nowhere Else: Adventures in and out of New Orleans
Part 3. Final Frontiers: Misadventures in Space
Part 4. The Ends of Adventure
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index