1st Edition
Political Pathologies from The Sopranos to Succession Prestige TV and the Contradictions of the “Liberal” Class
By Robert Samuels
Copyright 2023
130 Pages
by
Routledge
130 Pages
by
Routledge
130 Pages
by
Routledge
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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”... Read more
- Introduction
- The Sopranos: Make TV Elite Again
- Breaking Bad: From Walter White to the Alt-Right
- The Wire and the Death of Liberal Institutions
- House of Cards and the Fall of the Liberal Class
- Dexter: Artistic Violence as Class Distinction
- Game of Thrones: Climate Change, Gender Wars, and the Fictionalized Past
- Conclusion: Succession and the Metafictional Political Present
Index
Biography
Robert Samuels, PhD, holds doctorates in Psychoanalysis and English and teaches at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.
