The End of the World
Our fear of the world ending, like our fear of the dark, is ancient, deep-seated and perennial. It crosses boundaries of space and time, recurs in all human communities and finds expression in every aspect of cultural production – from pre-historic cave paintings to high-tech computer games. This bo...
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| description | Our fear of the world ending, like our fear of the dark, is ancient, deep-seated and perennial. It crosses boundaries of space and time, recurs in all human communities and finds expression in every aspect of cultural production – from pre-historic cave paintings to high-tech computer games. This book examines historical and imaginary scenarios of Apocalypse, the depiction of its likely triggers, and imagined landscapesin the aftermath of global destruction. Its discussion moves effortlessly from classic novels including Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four and Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake, to blockbuster films such as Blade Runner, Armageddon and The Terminator. The author also takes into account religious doctrine, scientific research and the visual arts to create a penetrating, multi-disciplinarystudy that provides profound insight into one of Western culture’s darkest and most enduring preoccupations. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-347482024-05-10T16:29:38Z The End of the World Manuel Lisboa, Maria literature oryx and crake margaret atwood cultural studies douglas adams terminator blade runner george orwell apocalypse aldous huxley john wyndham nineteen eighty-four 1984 brave new world film studies armageddon harry potter Utopia thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATF Films, cinema thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATJ Television thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies Our fear of the world ending, like our fear of the dark, is ancient, deep-seated and perennial. It crosses boundaries of space and time, recurs in all human communities and finds expression in every aspect of cultural production – from pre-historic cave paintings to high-tech computer games. This book examines historical and imaginary scenarios of Apocalypse, the depiction of its likely triggers, and imagined landscapesin the aftermath of global destruction. Its discussion moves effortlessly from classic novels including Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four and Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake, to blockbuster films such as Blade Runner, Armageddon and The Terminator. The author also takes into account religious doctrine, scientific research and the visual arts to create a penetrating, multi-disciplinarystudy that provides profound insight into one of Western culture’s darkest and most enduring preoccupations. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2018-04-03 00:00:00 2020-04-01T12:51:10Z 2011 book 646717 OCN: 1152424486 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30306 9781906924508 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/34748 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30306/1/646717.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30306/1/646717.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30306/1/646717.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30306/1/646717.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30306/1/646717.pdf Open Book Publishers 10.11647/OBP.0015 10.11647/OBP.0015 b014b543-78bd-4c3b-bc71-b68e2ac855b9 9781906924508 ScholarLed 219 open access |
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