{"product_id":"kurt-vonnegut-9781433174353","title":"Kurt Vonnegut","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKurt Vonnegut: Myth and Science in the Postmodern World\u003c\/em\u003e attempts to understand, in Vonnegut's novels, how Darwin's theory of evolution functions as a cosmogonic myth that is widely accepted in order to explain why the world is as it is and why things happen as they do, to provide a rationale for social customs and observances, and to establish the sanctions for the rules by which Vonnegut's characters conduct their lives. Moreover, this study deals with how and why Kurt Vonnegut's fiction represents the changing human image resulting from Darwinism. The book''s theoretical approach is based primarily on ideas from myth criticism and complemented by treatises on evolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCopyright Acknowledgments – Acknowledgments – Introduction – Chapter One: Darwinism, Social Darwinism, and Mythology – Mythology and Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection in \u003ci\u003eGalápagos \u003c\/i\u003e– The Principles of an Evolutionary Mythology in \u003ci\u003eGalápagos \u003c\/i\u003e– \u003ci\u003eThe Sirens of Titan\u003c\/i\u003e: Darwin, Einstein, and the Cosmological Connection – \u003ci\u003eSirens of Titan\u003c\/i\u003e: Quantum Mechanics, Einstein, and the In-Complete Story – \u003ci\u003eSlaughterhouse-Five\u003c\/i\u003e: Einstein, Natural Selection and the Unified Story – Nazi Mythology and Totalitarian Minds in \u003ci\u003eMother Night \u003c\/i\u003e– Adapting to the Evolutionary Mythology in \u003ci\u003eMother Night \u003c\/i\u003e– The Myth of the Two Monsters in \u003ci\u003eBreakfast of Champions \u003c\/i\u003e– Evolutionary Mythology in the Writings of Kurt Vonnegut.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang Publishing Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039667552599,"sku":"9781433174353","price":68.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781433174353.jpg?v=1750944419","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/kurt-vonnegut-9781433174353","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}