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A theological jurisprudence of speculative cinema : superheroes, science fictions and fantasies of modern law / Timothy Peters.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Peters, Timothy D., author.
- Series:
- Edinburgh critical studies in law, literature and the humanities.
- Edinburgh scholarship online.
- Edinburgh critical studies in law, literature and the humanities
- Edinburgh scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Law--Philosophy.
- Law.
- Law in motion pictures.
- Motion pictures--History.
- Motion pictures.
- Religion and law.
- Science fiction films--History and criticism.
- Science fiction films.
- Superhero films--History and criticism.
- Superhero films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (313 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue: Reading the Law ‘Made Strange’
- 1 From Shyamalan’s Unbreakable to Snyder’s Man of Steel: Comic-book Mythology on Screen and the Co-implication of Good and Evil
- 2 The Force of/as Modern Law: Justice, Order and the Secular Theology of Star Wars
- 3 The Superhero ‘Made Strange’: A Christological Reading of Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight
- 4 A Tale of Two Gothams: Revolution, Sacrifice and the Rule of Law in The Dark Knight Rises
- 5 Pauline Science Fiction: Alex Proyas’s I, Robot, Universalism and Love Beyond the Law
- 6 Escaping the Bureaucratisation of Destiny: Law, Theology and Freedom in George Nolfi ’s The Adjustment Bureau
- 7 ‘If more people valued home above gold this world would be a merrier place’: Hospitality, Gift-exchange and the Theological Jurisprudence of J. R. R. Tolkien’s and Peter Jackson’s Th e Hobbit
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 10, 2022).
- Also issued in print: 2022.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4744-2402-3
- 1-3995-0943-8
- 1-4744-2401-5
- OCLC:
- 1292708365
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