Lessing's Novel Society to Nature

Acharya

Lessing's Novel Society to Nature
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Independent
Published
20 April 2023
Pages
200
ISBN
9782920587885

Lessing’s Novel Society to Nature

Acharya

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Sima Acharya's book "Lessing's Novel Society to Nature" is a comprehensive exploration of the interplay between society and nature in the works of Nobel laureate Doris Lessing. With a focus on Lessing's novels, the book delves into the complex relationships between culture, politics, ethics, and the environment. Acharya's analysis is rooted in the broader themes of humanity, technology, civilization, and animals, as well as the concepts of ecology, philosophy, science, and history. The author unpacks the dynamics of power, gender, identity, morality, evolution, progress, tradition, and modernity in Lessing's work, drawing on the fields of psychology, sociology, and anthropology to offer a nuanced understanding of the role of ideology in shaping our understanding of the world. Through an exploration of diversity, colonialism, postcolonialism, nationalism, globalization, capitalism, socialism, Marxism, feminism, queer theory, intersectionality, and multiculturalism, Acharya provides a compelling argument for the importance of activism, resistance, revolution, and transformation in the pursuit of a more just and sustainable future. Overall, "Lessing's Novel Society to Nature" is a thought-provoking and insightful book that will appeal to scholars and students of literature, philosophy, and social and political theory, as well as anyone interested in the intersection of society and nature in contemporary discourse.

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