Pandemics, Authoritarian Populism, and Science Fiction

Medicine, Military, and Morality in American Film (livre en anglais)

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de Jeremiah Morelock

Type

Etudes

Sujet

Genre > Science Fiction

Mots Clés

science-fiction, sociologie, politique

Année d'édition

2023

Editeur

Routledge

Collection

Visual Modernities

1ere édition

2021

Langue

anglais

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Format

Broché • 146 pages
15,5 x 24 cm

ISBN

978-0-367-72057-5

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Description de l'ouvrage :
With a focus on I Am Legend and Day of the Dead—two series of film remakes of popular science fiction stories—this book addresses the social origins of the recent surge in authoritarian and populist social movements. Exploring the ways in which the themes of tribalism, confidence in medical science, and confidence in military violence changed over the years in the process of re-telling these stories in popular culture, the author identifies the shift towards a narrowing of moral scope, an embrace of military violence and a distrust of medical science with three elements of authoritarian populism: tribalism, distrust of rational elites and their institutions, and willingness for violent coercion. An engaging study of popular culture that sheds light on contemporary political attitudes, Pandemics, Authoritarian Populism, and Science Fiction will appeal to scholars of sociology, social theory, and cultural studies with interests in critical theory, film studies, and science fiction.

À propos de l'auteur :
Jeremiah Morelock is an instructor of sociology at Boston College, USA, and the Director of the Critical Theory Research Network. He is the editor of Critical Theory and Authoritarian Populism and How to Critique Authoritarian Populism: Methodologies of the Frankfurt School.

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