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A Theological Jurisprudence of Speculative Cinema: Superheroes, Science Fictions and Fantasies of Modern Law

A Theological Jurisprudence of Speculative Cinema: Superheroes, Science Fictions and Fantasies of Modern Law

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Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Law, Literature and the Humanities

Literary CriticismGeneral Law

ISBN10: 1474424007
ISBN13: 9781474424004
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: Oct 22 2021
Pages: 312
Weight: 1.36
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Through close readings of a range of popular Hollywood speculative fiction films including The Dark Knight, Unbreakable, I, Robot and 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.

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