Ethics For Apocalyptic Times - Daniel Cruz

Ethics For Apocalyptic Times Is About The Role Literature Can Play In Helping Readers Cope With Our Present-day Crises, Including The Covid-19 Pandemic, Climate Change, And The Shift Toward Fascism In Global Politics. Using The Lens Of Mennonite Literature And Their Own Personal Experience As A Culturally Mennonite, Queer, Latinx Person, Daniel Shank Cruz Investigates The Age-old Question Of What Literature's Role In Society Should Be, And Argues That When We Read Literature Theapoetically, We Can Glean A Relational Ethic That Teaches Us How To Act In Our Difficult This Book, Cruz Theorizes Theapoetics-a Feminist Reading Strategy That Reveals The Divine Via Literature Based On Lived Experiences-and Extends The Concept To Show How It Is Queer, Decolonial, And Equally Applicable To Secular And Religious Discourse. Cruz's Analysis Focuses On Mennonite Literature-including Sofia Samatar's Short Story Collection Tender And Miriam Toews's Novel Women Talking-but Also Examines A Non-mennonite Text, Samuel R.