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dc.contributor.authorWilson, Eric
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-26 23:55
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-23 14:09:07
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T10:40:36Z
dc.date.available2020-04-01T10:40:36Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier1004624
dc.identifierOCN: 1100528972en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/25471
dc.description.abstractIf parapolitics, a branch of radical criminology that studies the interactions between public entities and clandestine agencies, is to develop as an academic discipline, then it must develop a coherent theory of aesthetics in order to successfully perform its primary function: to render perceptible extra-judicial phenomena that have hitherto resisted formal classification. Wilson offers the work of H.P. Lovecraft (1890–1937) as an example of the relevance of subversive literature—in this case, cosmic horror and the weird tale—to the parapolitical criminologist. Cosmic horror is a form of writing that relies heavily upon the epistemological assumption of a radical and irreconcilable disjunction between appearance and reality, perception and truth. In many ways, the well-constructed weird tale strongly resembles the hard-boiled detective story or the noir thriller in that the resolution of the narrative hinges upon a dramatically shattering confrontation with an unspeakable reality. Apart from its obvious utilization of conspiracy theory, the primary attraction of the Lovecraftian text lies with its remarkably sophisticated utilization of two central tropes of classical aesthetic theory—the sublime and the grotesque. Not only does Lovecraft’s oeuvre represent a remarkable use of both of these motifs, but the raw literary power of the Lovecraftian weird tale serves as an outstanding exemplar for the parapolitical scholar to emulate in formulating an alternative mode of discourse, or poetics.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPW Political activism / Political engagement::JPWG Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent actionen_US
dc.subject.otherH.P. Lovecraft
dc.subject.otherparapolitics
dc.subject.otherradical criminology
dc.subject.otherhorror
dc.subject.otherconspiracy theory
dc.titleThe Republic of Cthulhu: Lovecraft, the Weird Tale, and Conspiracy Theory
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.21983/P3.0155.1.00
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy979dc044-00ee-4ea2-affc-b08c5bd42d13
oapen.relation.isbn9780998237565
oapen.collectionScholarLed
oapen.pages186
oapen.place.publicationBrooklyn, NY
oapen.identifier.ocn1100528972


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