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In Rene Girard, Theology, and Popular Culture, fifteen contributors
consider how Girard's mimetic theory can be used to uncover and
probe the theological depths of popular culture. Creative and
critical engagement with Girard's theory enables the contributors
to offer fresh and exciting interpretations of movies (The Devil
Wears Prada, Mean Girls, Star Wars), television (Hoarders, Cobra
Kai), classical literature and graphic novels, and issues ranging
from anorexia to social media. The result is a volume that
establishes Girard as an innovative interpreter of culture and
shows him as an invaluable guide for theologically reflecting on
desire, violence, redemption, and forgiveness. Written in fresh and
lively prose, the contributors demonstrate not only that Girard
provides a powerful lens through which to view culture but also-and
more provocatively-challenge readers to consider what popular
culture reveals about them. Readers looking for an accessible
introduction to mimetic theory and exploring its theological
application will find this a welcome resource.
A New Politics for Philosophy: Essays on Plato, Nietzsche, and
Strauss presents meticulous readings of key philosophical works of
towering figures from both the classical and modern intellectual
traditions: Protagoras, Aeschylus, Xenophon, Plato, Descartes,
Nietzsche, and Leo Strauss. Inspired by the scholarship of Laurence
Lampert, the international group of scholars explore questions of
the nature or identity of the philosopher, with an emphasis on
painstaking exegesis informed by close attention to detail. The
chapters touch on topics ranging from Plato's Charmides, Aeschylus'
Prometheia Trilogy, Xenophon's Hiero or Tyrannicus, Nietzsche's
Thus Spoke Zarathustra and Ecce Homo, Nietzsche's Plato, whether
Nietzsche thought of himself as a modern-day Socrates, philosophy's
relationship to science, the function of the noontide image in the
center of Part IV of Nietzsche's Zarathustra, a re-evaluation of
the young Nietzsche's break from the spell of Schopenhauer, the
dramatic date of the conversation presented in Plato's Republic,
Xenophon's dialogical investigation of the troubled tyrant's soul,
Leo Stauss's furtive discussion of Descartes and the modern
aspiration to master nature, and Nietzschean environmentalism. The
book also includes an interview with Laurence Lampert.
Marveling Religion: Critical Discourses, Religion, and the Marvel
Cinematic Universe is an edited volume that explores the
intersection of religion and cinema through the lenses of critical
discourse. The focus of the shared inquiry are various films
comprising the first three phases of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
(MCU) and corresponding Netflix series. The contributors explore
various religious themes and how they intersect with culture
through the canon on the MCU. The first part focuses on responses
to the societal, governmental, and cultural context that solidified
with clarity during the 2016 Presidential Election cycle in the
United States and in the following administration. Additionally, it
provides lenses and resources for engaging in productive public
actions. Part two explores cultural resources of sustaining
activism and resistance as well as some of the key issues at stake
in public action. The third part centers on militarization and
resistance to state violence. Taken in concert, these three
sections work together to provide frames for understanding while
also keeping us engaged in the concrete action to mobilize social
change. The overarching aim of the volume is to promote critical
discourse regarding the dynamics of activism and political
resistance.
In Rene Girard, Theology, and Popular Culture, fifteen contributors
consider how Girard's mimetic theory can be used to uncover and
probe the theological depths of popular culture. Creative and
critical engagement with Girard's theory enables the contributors
to offer fresh and exciting interpretations of movies (The Devil
Wears Prada, Mean Girls, Star Wars), television (Hoarders, Cobra
Kai), classical literature and graphic novels, and issues ranging
from anorexia to social media. The result is a volume that
establishes Girard as an innovative interpreter of culture and
shows him as an invaluable guide for theologically reflecting on
desire, violence, redemption, and forgiveness. Written in fresh and
lively prose, the contributors demonstrate not only that Girard
provides a powerful lens through which to view culture but also-and
more provocatively-challenge readers to consider what popular
culture reveals about them. Readers looking for an accessible
introduction to mimetic theory and exploring its theological
application will find this a welcome resource.
As a director, writer, and producer, Christopher Nolan has
substantially impacted contemporary cinema through avant garde
films, such as Following and Memento, and his contribution to wider
pop culture with his Dark Knight trilogy. His latest film,
Interstellar, delivered the same visual qualities and complex,
thought-provoking plotlines his audience anticipates. The
Philosophy of Christopher Nolan collects sixteen essays, written by
professional philosophers and film theorists, discussing themes
such as self-identity and self-destruction, moral choice and moral
doubt, the nature of truth and its value, whether we can trust our
perceptions of what's "real," the political psychology of heroes
and villains, and what it means to be a "viewer" of Nolan's films.
Whether his protagonists are squashing themselves like a bug,
struggling to create an identity and moral purpose for themselves,
suffering from their own duplicitous plots, donning a mask that
both strikes fear and reveals their true nature, or having to weigh
the lives of those they love against the greater good, there are no
simple solutions to the questions Nolan's films provoke; exploring
these questions yields its own reward.
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