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Exposing and illustrating how an ongoing engagement with nihilistic alienation may contribute to, rather than detract from, the value of life, Cinematic Nihilism both challenges and builds upon past scholarship that has scrutinised nihilism in the media, but which has generally over-emphasised its negative and destructive aspects. Through case studies of popular films, including Prometheus, The Dark Knight Rises, Dawn of the Dead and The Human Centipede, and with chapters on Scotland's cinematic portrayal as both a site of 'nihilistic sacrifice' and as 'nowhere in particular', this book presents a necessary corrective, re-emphasising the constructive potential of cinematic nihilism and casting it as a phenomenon that need not be overcome.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Plato's Nightmare
Part I: Encounters
Introduction
Chapter 1: Scotland as a Site of Nihilistic Sacrifice
Chapter 2: The Myth of Scotland as Nowhere in Particular
Chapter 3: Monstrous Masses: The Human Body as Raw Material
Part II: Confrontations
Introduction
Chapter 4: From Night to Survival: Nihilism and the Living Dead
Chapter 5: The Lure of the Mob: Cinematic Depictions of Skinhead Authenticity
Chapter 6: Cultural Change and Nihilism in the Rollerball Films
Part III: Overcomings
Introduction
Chapter 7: The Abject Self: Apocalyptic Consequences of Self-Discovery in Fight Club
Chapter 8: Rooting for the Fascists in Avatar
Chapter 9: Yukio Mishima and the Return to the Body
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