Post-apocalyptic Realism

Accounts of the present suggest that we are living at a time marked by the threat of an impending ultimate catastrophe, whether it be on economic, ecological, or social grounds. The contributions offer different reflections on the relations of subject and world after their fictional, speculative, or factual ends to keep questioning the modes of engagement: In which forms and with what vocabulary shall we narrate ourselves as deconstructed yet active post-apocalyptic subjects? "Post-apocalyptic Realism" is published in dialogue with "Post-apocalyptic Self-Reflection" (Westphalie, 2018). Text: Juan Atkins, Helmut Draxler, Achim Hochdörfer, Bernhard Maaz, Inka Meißner, Robert Müller, Laura Preston, Michael Smith, Peter Wächtler, Tanja Widmann, Jutta Zimmermann, a.o.