Anti-Matters
Mortal Ethics in Cormac McCarthy’s The Road
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6187922 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patrick Damien O’connor, Patrick O'Connor (0000-0002-8966-9370, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Publication date | 2017-11-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1991-9336 • E-ISSN: 1991-9336 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/ejas.12337 |
| OpenAlex | W2607655773 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 14 |
This article proposes that to understand the ethical and philosophical dimensions of Cormac McCarthy’s work one must engage in an articulation of mortal ethics. To do this, it is necessary to understand how The Road depicts the material destruction of the world, and the ethical consequences such physical destruction imposes on the novel’s central protagonists. More specifically, this article argues that Cormac McCarthy’s The Road presents an anti-metaphysics with consequences for understanding philosophical concepts of memory and community, as well as McCarthy’s effort to construct universal forms of being together
Articulation (sociology · Construct (python library · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Metaphysics · Political science · Sociology · Computer Science · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis · Literature, Film, and Journalism Analysis · Modern American Literature Studies · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |