Power and Society in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld

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Building a Fantasy Civilization

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

AvJustine Breton,Matthew Sangster,Dimitra Fimi,Brian Attebery

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A critical deep-drive into conceptions of power and society in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels, this book brings together experts in fantasy literature, political sciences, economics, philosophy, history, and journalism to consider the intricate social tapestry of one of the most intricate worlds in modern fantasy. Surveying the Discworld’s institutionalised power structures from government and police to civil services, banks and societies, it explores ideas such as language, translation, humour, crowds, community, justice and coercion in the series’ major works. Featuring analyses of novels such as Men at Arms, Equal Rites, Carpe Jugulum, Guards! Guards!, Jingo, Night Watch, Wyrd Sisters, Witches Abroad and many more, this collection illuminates how Pratchett juxtaposed his narratives with contemporary reflections on social constructs. Broken down into parts looking at social power dynamics, building and destroying worlds and the power of language, the book offers a much-needed corrective to the dearth of scholarship on one of fantasy literature’s worldbuilding titans.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-10-29
Mått156 x 234 x 25 mm
Vikt454 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SeriePerspectives on Fantasy
Antal sidor240
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781350465350

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Table of ContentsList of FiguresList of ContributorsAcknowledgementsBuilding a Fantasy Civilization. Introducing Power and Society in the DiscworldJustine BretonPart 1: Social Power DynamicsChapter 1: Collective Strength, Collective Weakness: Crowds and their Uses on the DiscworldBettina Juszak, York UniversityChapter 2: Where the Streets Are Paved with Glod: The Role of Civil Society in Ankh-Morpork Community and Civic LifeJon Dean, Sheffield Hallam UniversityChapter 3: Freedom! Truth! and Justice! In the Big Wahoonie: Ankh-Morpork’s neo-Victorian UrbanityHelena Esser, Independent ScholarChapter 4: (Imaginary) Genealogies of Power as Utopian Incitement: Reading Pratchett with Graeber (and vice versa)Jann Kraus, Zurich University of Applied SciencePart 2: Tools for Building, Tools for DestroyingChapter 5: Maps of the Future: Spatial Revolution in Terry Pratchett’s DiscworldChris Lynch Becherer, University of GlasgowChapter 6: A ‘Vetinarian’ World Order: Diplomacy, Great Powers and Morals in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld seriesGuilhem Jean, Independent ScholarChapter 7: Political Idealism in the Discworld NovelsRuchira Mandal, Lady Bradbourne CollegeChapter 8: King Carrot and Fantasy Tropes: Refusing Power to Build a Better SocietyJustine Breton, University of LorrainePart 3: The Power of LanguageChapter 9: Greatness and Small Miseries: Journalism in the Discworld NovelsJean-Christophe Piot, Independent ScholarChapter 10: ‘People listen to me when I’m screaming’: Language and Empowerment in The Amazing Maurice and his Educated RodentsAnne Hiebert Alton, Central Michigan UniversityChapter 11: ‘Let him be whoever he thinks he is’: Magic Conjuring Truth in Terry Pratchett’s Wyrd SistersSarah Richardson, University of LondonChapter 12: The Power of Stories: Narrative Causality and Coercive Narratives in Pratchett’s Witches booksYevheniia Orestivna Kanchura, Zhytomyr Polytechnic State University, and Jane Suzanne Carroll, Trinity CollegeIndex

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