Editing Robinson Crusoe (section)

==== Inverted Crusoeism ====
The term "inverted Crusoeism" was coined by [[J. G. Ballard]]. The paradigm of Robinson Crusoe has been a recurring topic in Ballard's work.<ref>{{cite book |last=Sellars |first=Simon |year=2012 |title="Zones of Transition": Micronationalism in the work of J.G. Ballard |pages=230–248 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=London}}</ref> Whereas the original Robinson Crusoe became a [[castaway]] against his own will, Ballard's protagonists often choose to maroon themselves; hence inverted Crusoeism (e.g., [[Concrete Island]]). The concept provides a reason as to why people would deliberately maroon themselves on a remote island; in Ballard's work, becoming a castaway is as much a healing and empowering process as an entrapping one, enabling people to discover a more meaningful and vital existence.