The "Saturated Self": Don DeLillo on the Problem of Rogue Capitalism.

Focusing on the problem of rogue capitalism in Don DeLillo's "Cosmopolis" while at the same time pointing out some of the differences from Laissez-faire capitalism. This is done by what is called the primary spheres in which humans act out their lives and in particular of the relevant responsibiliti...

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Published in:	Contemporary Literature Vol. 46; no. 1; pp. 78 - 108
Main Author:	Varsava, Jerry A.
Format:	Essay
Published:	University of Wisconsin Press Spring2005
Subjects:	Cosmopolis (Book : DeLillo) DeLillo, Don, 1936- Capitalism in literature Capitalism & literature Globalization in literature Economics in literature
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	Focusing on the problem of rogue capitalism in Don DeLillo's "Cosmopolis" while at the same time pointing out some of the differences from Laissez-faire capitalism. This is done by what is called the primary spheres in which humans act out their lives and in particular of the relevant responsibilities and limits of each as well as the shared observations from when DeLillo takes a look at a few of aspects of globalization in the novel.