J.M. Coetzee and the Limits of Cosmopolitanism

207 Pages·2013·1.082 MB·English

by  Katherine Hallemeier (auth.)

J. M. Coetzee and the Limits
of Cosmopolitanism
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J. M. Coetzee and the Limits
of Cosmopolitanism
Katherine Hallemeier
J. M. COETZEE AND THE LIMITS OF COSMOPOLITANISM
Copyright © Katherine Hallemeier, 2013.
Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2013 978-1-137-35063-3
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DOI 10.1057/9781137346537
Hallemeier, Katherine, 1982–
J.M. Coetzee and the limits of cosmopolitanism / by Katherine
Hallemeier.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Coetzee, J. M.,
1940—C riticism and interpretation. 2. Cosmopolitanism in literature.
I. Title.
PR9369.3.C58Z666 2013
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Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: Cosmopolitanism and Feeling 1
1 Sympathy and Cosmopolitanism 21
2 John Coetzee and Rational Cosmopolitanism 43
3 Elizabeth Costello and Affective Cosmopolitanism 69
4 Shame and Cosmopolitanism 97
5 J. M. Coetzee and Nonhuman Cosmopolitanism 123
Epilogue: Leave Taking 153
Notes 167
Works Cited 179
Index 191
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Acknowledgments
I am profoundly grateful to those mentors and friends who
guided me through the writing of this book. My first thanks go
to Rosemary Jolly, whose vision of what literary studies can be
continuously inspires. I am thankful to Chris Bongie for his gen-
erous and incisive reading of my work. Thanks to Imre Szeman,
Sam McKegney, and Julie Salverson for asking hard questions.
I owe Asha Varadharajan, Vee Blackbourn, and Rose Casey my
gratitude for their perspective and advice. My thanks to Ann
Smailes; to the staff at the National English Literary Museum; to
Meg Samuelson, Lucy Graham, and Kizito Muchemwa; and
to Mike Marais, Dan Wylie, and Dirk Klopper: all supported
my research through patient conversation and great hospitality.
I thank Adam Frank and Sneja Gunew for their teaching. I am
grateful for the collegial support of faculty in the Department
of English at Oklahoma State University. I alone am responsible
for the book’s arguments and errors.
I also thank Cara, Laura, Jaime, Taryn, Jess, and Fraser for
bearing with me and Azim, Nermeen, Sarah, and Abhishek
for bearing me up. I am thankful to JG for a center and to
Akhi for his rooftops.
The book expands on and revises my article “Sympathy and
Cosmopolitanism: Affective Limits in Cosmopolitan Reading,”
published in Culture, Theory and Critique 54.1 (2013): 88–1 01.
I gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Social
Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the
Canadian Graduate Scholarship—M ichael Smith Foreign Study
Supplement, and the Ontario Graduate Scholarship Program.