The Apocalypse in Film : Dystopias, Disasters, and Other Visions about the End of the World 9781442260290, 9781442260276

We live in a world at risk. Dire predictions about our future or the demise of planet earth persist. Even fictional repr

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The Apocalypse in Film : Dystopias, Disasters, and Other Visions about the End of the World
9781442260290, 9781442260276

By analyzing many films, by drawing on the philosophy of Lyotard, Nancy, and Derrida, this book suggest that in the apoc

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To my wife, Betty, who means so much to me and our three sons, Jon, Peter and Chris.

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Learn about the beliefs and folklore of death, the apocalypse, and the afterlife of societies around the globe, includin

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We live in a genuinely unique period of human history, one in which the alarmist's hackneyed warning that "The

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This is the first study to bring together all twenty-nine extant copies of the medieval Commentary on the Apocalypse, wh

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