{"product_id":"9781399551854","title":"PRE-ORDER NOW Anthropofugal Fictions : Literature, Species Politics and Flight from Humanity by Robert McKay","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e PRE-ORDER NOW - Published: 31\/05\/2026 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book traces a radical politics of species across the work of four significant Anglophone authors of the late twentieth century: Brigid Brophy, Alice Walker, J.M. Coetzee and David Foster Wallace. Presenting an exciting and original perspective, Robert McKay argues that these literary figures tell anthropofugal stories, in which a tendency towards animals coincides with a desire to flee from humanity. Their writing disavows allegiance to humanity's various guises and ideals, dismissing human distinctiveness and disturbing human privilege to reimagine life with so-called animals. While deeply grounded in the practice of literary close reading, Anthropofugal Fictions is also a work of philosophy and theory that shows how doubts about species identity lie at the heart of live debates about gender, sexuality, race and ethics. It is a challenging and provocative account of what it means not to be human, and of living amongst animals without species difference as a legitimation of one's actions. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56420581310837,"sku":"9781399551854","price":95.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781399551854.jpg?v=1764611051","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781399551854","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}