Critique of Capitalism in J.G. Ballard’s High Rise: A Neo-Marxist Perspective
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2015-12
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Central Department of English Kirtipur, Kathmandu
Abstract
The research entitled “Critique of Capitalism in J.G. Ballard’s High Rise”
examines the contradiction inherited in capitalism due to which capitalist modes of
production inevitably goes in division. To prevent the inevitable division it manages
hegemony and spreads ideology via state mechanisms. Due to the contradiction within
the capitalist system and its antagonism with its opponent results into the inevitable
fall of capitalistic system. Occupants try to claim elevators and hold them for their
own. Death of the designer of the High Rise building, Anthony Royal, at the last of
the novel denotes the fall of capitalistic system. Ultimately, High-Rise is an
unsettling, provocative and profound novel. It’s a glimpse into the uncomfortably
dark heart of humanity, but one that offers hope – that our ability to reason can
fashion a rational society out of the chaos we create for ourselves.
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capitalism, English literature, Noval