A Theological Jurisprudence of Speculative Cinema : Superheroes, Science Fictions and Fantasies of Modern Law (Edinburgh Critical Studies in Law, Literature and the Humanities)

Peters, Timothy D.

Edinburgh University Press（2021/10発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 312 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781474424004
• DDC分類 340.1

Full Description

Through close readings of a range of popular Hollywood speculative fiction films Shyamalan's Unbreakable, Snyder's Man of Steel, Lucas's and Disney's Star Wars, Nolan's The Dark Knight & The Dark Knight Rises, Proyas' I, Robot, Nolfi's The Adjustment Bureau and Jackson's The Hobbit Timothy Peters explores how fictional worlds, particularly those that 'make strange' the world of the viewer, can render visible and make explicit the otherwise opaque theologies of modern law. He illustrates that speculative cinema's genres of estrangement provide a way for us to see and engage the theological concepts of modern law in our era of late capitalism, global empire and the crises of neoliberalism.

Contents

Prologue: Reading the Law 'Made Strange'

From Shyamalan's Unbreakable to Snyder's Man of Steel: Comic Book Mythology on Screen and the Co-Implication of Good and Evil
The Force of/as Modern Law: Justice, Order and the Secular Theology of Star Wars
The Superhero 'Made Strange': A Christological Reading of Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight
A Tale of Two Gothams: Revolution, Sacrifice and the Rule of Law in The Dark Knight Rises
Pauline Science Fiction: Alex Proyas' I, Robot, Universalism and Love Beyond the Law
Escaping the Bureaucratisation of Destiny: Law, Theology and Freedom in George Nolfi's The Adjustment Bureau
'If more people valued home above gold this world would be a merrier place': Hospitality, Gift-Exchange and the Theological Jurisprudence of JRR Tolkien's and Peter Jackson's The Hobbit