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A Critical Approach to the Apocalypse
This volume was first published by Inter-Disciplinary Press in 2013. A Critical Approach to the Apocalypse offers the reader an in-depth view of the portrayal of apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic scenarios in literature, film and television, art, digital art, history, anthropology, religion and climate change studies.
Framing the Apocalypse
The apocalypse’s triumph is witnessed in the arts, literature, music, film, TV, and digital media thereby enabling us to view the very essence of Apocalypse as a cultural phenomenon.
The Apocalyptic Complex
The attack on the World Trade Center in 2001, followed by similarly dreadful acts of terror, prompted a new interest in the field of the apocalyptic. There is a steady output of literature on the subject (also referred to as “the End Times.) This book analyzes this continuously published literature and opens up a new perspective on these views of the apocalypse. The thirteen essays in this volume focus on the dimensions, consequences and transformations of Apocalypticism. The authors explore the everyday relevance of the apocalyptic in contemporary society, culture, and politics, side by side with the various histories of apocalyptic ideas and movements. In particular, they seek to better understand the ways in which perceptions of the apocalypse diverge in the American, European, and Arab worlds. Leading experts in the field re-evaluate some of the traditional views on the apocalypse in light of recent political and cultural events, and, go beyond empirical facts to reconsider the potential of the apocalyptic. This last point is the focal point of the book.
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Handmaiden of Death: Apocalypse and Revelation
Seeking to preserve our future, this volume attempts to imagine in what form the apocalypse may strike. It critically assesses the roles played by literature as well as digital media as instruments for the propagation of apocalyptic ideas through its envisioning in books, movies and T.V. serials alike. The volume seeks to preserve both our future social and environmental futures through the different predictions of the end.
The Methods of Breaking Bad
Vince Gilligan's Breaking Bad is a central work in the recent renaissance in television-making. The visionary scope and complexity of the series demand rigorous critical analysis. This collection of new essays focuses on a variety of themes. Walter White is discussed as father, psychopath and scientist and as an example of masculinity. The essayists examine the series in terms of gender, neo-liberal politics and health care reform, as well as the more traditional aesthetic categories of narrative construction, experimentation, allusion and genre. With television the dominant artistic medium of early 21st century America, Breaking Bad should be viewed as a superbly designed work reflecting widespread cultural concerns.
Envisioning Social Justice in Contemporary German Culture
Explores how contemporary German-language literary, dramatic, filmic, musical, and street artists are grappling in their works with social-justice issues that affect Germany and the wider world.
Political Pathologies from The Sopranos to Succession
Political Pathologies from The Sopranos to Succession argues that highly praised prestige TV shows reveal the underlying fantasies and contradictions of uppermiddle-class political centrists. Through a psychoanalytic interpretation of The Sopranos, Breaking Bad, The Wire, House of Cards, Dexter, Game of Thrones, and Succession, Robert Samuels uncovers how moderate “liberals” have helped to produce and maintain the libertarian Right. Samuels’ analysis explores the difference between contemporary centrists and the foundations of liberal democracy, exposing the myth of the “liberal media” and considers the consequences of these celebrated series, including the undermining of trust in modern liberal democratic institutions. Political Pathologies from The Sopranos to Succession contributes to a greater understanding of the ways media and political ideology can circulate on a global level through the psychopathology of class consciousness. This book will be of great interest to academics and scholars considering intersections of psychoanalytic studies, television studies, and politics.
Migration in Deutschland und Europa im Spiegel der Literatur
‚Migration in Deutschland und Europa‘ – das umfasst mehr als die Diskussion über aktuelle Flüchtlingswellen. Die Breite des Themas zeigt sich ‚im Spiegel der Literatur‘. Die Fragen ‚Woher? Wohin? Warum?‘ sowie jene zum Umgang mit Brüchen und überraschenden Kontinuitäten, mit dem Ankommen in der Fremde und mit Neuanfängen finden in der Literatur vielstimmige Antworten. Literaturwissenschaftler aus verschiedenen Teilen Europas stellen in diesem Band die mannigfaltigen Facetten des literarischen und medialen Umgangs mit dem Thema Migration vor. Im Ergebnis ihrer Analysen werden inter-, multi- und transkulturelle Aspekte und Strukturen in den literarischen Werken sichtbar, die Auskunft über nationale und transnationale Identitäten in Europa geben.
