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Pandemics, Authoritarian Populism, and Science Fiction Medicine, Military, and Morality in American Film
By Jeremiah Morelock
Copyright 2021
146 Pages
by
Routledge
146 Pages
by
Routledge
146 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
Introduction PART 1 1. Politics and pandemics intertwined 2. Science, medicine, and society from the “Golden Ages” to 2020 3. Diseased Others films PART 2 4. Case study I: I Am Legend 5. Case study II: Day of the Dead Conclusion
Biography
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.
