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Pandemics, Authoritarian Populism, and Science Fiction - Medicine, Military, and Morality in American Film (Paperback)
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Pandemics, Authoritarian Populism, and Science Fiction - Medicine, Military, and Morality in American Film (Paperback)
Series: Visual Modernities
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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 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.
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