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On the Usefulness of the End of the World
Author(s): Przemysław WitkowskiSubject(s): Politics, Philosophy, Polish Literature, Sociology of Culture, Book-Review, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Theory of Literature, Sociology of Art
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: apocalypse; pop culture; series; games; film; Nijakowski; ISIS; Daesh; racism; new authoritarianism; postmodernism; Neo-Nazism; Dabiq; racial separatism;
Summary/Abstract: Witkowski polemicises with Lech Nijakowski’s book Po apokalipsie: Społeczeństwo wświetle postapokaliptycznych tekstów kultury popularnej [After the Apocalypse: Society in the Light of Postapocalyptic Texts in Popular Culture], which overlooks the ideological and class underpinnings in the frequent references to the apocalypse in contemporary pop culture. Witkowski supplements Nijakowski’s work with these elements and develops his ideas, trying to determine what social, religious and philosophical functions the apocalypse performs today.
Journal: Teksty Drugie
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 249-258
- Page Count: 10
- Language: Polish
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