A Postmodern Criticism of the Enlightenment: Anthropocene Disorder and Nihilistic Anti-humanism in Charles Bukowski’s <i>Pulp</i>

Abstract The anti-detective novel, Pulp , the last book Charles Bukowski wrote, is among his most significant works. This article illustrates Bukowski’s hostility towards Enlightenment and modernism Through a postmodern outlook, parodies rationality of by depicting world that replete with irrationality meaninglessness narrative involves drunk detective who takes cases are highly peculiar irrational. constantly finds himself in irrational meaningless conversations author’s attempt to portray miserable condition man Moreover, from an ecocritical perspective, this asserts nihilistic anti-humanist fails sympathize humanity no solution for environmental collapse caused disorder Anthropocene only response parasitic nature hatred disgust both species As result despair cause anthropocentrism, Detective Belane enraged humans frequently causes violent scenes