Wolves at the Door: Migration, Dehumanization, Rewilding the World

by Peter Arnds

Overview

"A literary and cultural history of the wolf that provokes readers into finding new ways to think about migration, the environment, and the language of dehumanization"--

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781501366765
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	01/28/2021
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

Peter Arnds is a Fellow and the Director of the Comparative Literature programme at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Elected into the Academia Europaea in 2018, he has published books on Günter Grass, Dickens, Lycanthropy, Holocaust Literature and is the author of Searching for Alice (2018). His literary translation of P. Bolthauser's 'Rapids' was longlisted for the 2016 IMPAC Prize.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
1. Introduction. Wolf in the Sanctuary: Myth, Literature, Biopolitics
2. Fear of the Pack: Jews and Gypsies as Wolves
3. Wolves and the Indigenous: Migration of a Metaphor to the Colonies
4. Wolves and Wayward Women: Between Condemnation and Empowerment
5. The Wolves of War: Fascism, Terrorism, Resistance
6. No Trespassing: Wolves, Borders and Immigrants
7. Wolf Trails: Re-wilding the World in the Age of Migration
Epilogue. Dreaming of Wolves: The Children of Lycaon in the Age of Psychoanalysis
References
Index

Editorial Reviews

Arnds' fascinating book delves into the unsettling nexus of migration, biopolitics and discursive myth-making. He explores the enduring presence of an image turned metaphor that resurfaces in multiple narratives of hatred, oppression and discrimination. His scholarly prose is both knowledgeable and deeply committed.
Galin Tihanov, George Steiner Professor of Comparative Literature, Queen Mary University of London, UK

This fascinating, wide-ranging study explores the complex relationship between humans and wolves from ancient times to the present day, showing how the image of the untameable wolf has been appropriated for different ideological purposes. Wolves may be feared by some, occasionally even pitied, but for others they hold a darker symbolic meaning of absolute power. This book invites readers to think again about the significance of wolves in Western cultural history.
Susan Bassnett, Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Glasgow, UK

This is a book that casts new light on the discussion of the migrant and refugee crisis, and will be of widespread interest well beyond academic circles. Its interdisciplinary character at the intersection of world literature and ecocriticism, but also political and cultural theory, philosophy, and psychology will guarantee its widespread reception. It is comprehensive in its coverage of the various corners of the globe where wolves are part of the cultural consciousness.
Tabish Khair, critic, novelist, and professor at Aarhus University, Denmark

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