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A Theological Jurisprudence of Speculative Cinema: Superheroes, Science Fictions and Fantasies of Modern Law
Edinburgh University Press Ltd.
2021
Abstract
Through close readings of a range of popular Hollywood speculative fiction films, 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. [Book Synopsis]
Details
- Title
- A Theological Jurisprudence of Speculative Cinema: Superheroes, Science Fictions and Fantasies of Modern Law
- Authors
- Timothy Peters (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and Society
- Publication details
- 312 pages
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press Ltd.
- Date published
- 2021
- ISBN
- 9781474424004; 9781474424028; 9781474424011
- Organisation Unit
- School of Law and Society; School of Law and Criminology - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99472807702621
- Output Type
- Book
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