Punishment and Crime. The Reverse Order of Causality in The White Ribbon
This article explores, within a sociological-psychological framework, the problematic moral emotions of spectators evoked by watching the film Das weiße Band (The White Ribbon, Michael Haneke, DE/AT/FR/IT, 2009). As always in Michael Haneke’s films the spectator’s moral system is severely put to the...
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| description | This article explores, within a sociological-psychological framework, the problematic moral emotions of spectators evoked by watching the film Das weiße Band (The White Ribbon, Michael Haneke, DE/AT/FR/IT, 2009). As always in Michael Haneke’s films the spectator’s moral system is severely put to the test, upon watching the unimaginable actions people are capable of. At first sight the shown atrocities that remain unpunished seem to cause the spectator’s distress. The real horror, however, lies in the fact the evil occurs within the boundaries of a religious society that hails itself as good and just. The word of God as a moral guide becomes ineffective in this film and in Dogville (Lars von Trier, NL/DK/UK/FR/FI/SE/DE/ IT/NO 2003), a film used as comparison. Both films exemplify that in the end, the most difficult conclusion to process by the spectator is that the worst crime is feeling morally superior and teaching others how to behave. In The White Ribbon this teaching is projected as the punishment that causes the crimes. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-634822022-02-11T15:09:33Z Punishment and Crime. The Reverse Order of Causality in The White Ribbon Gerwin van der Pol This article explores, within a sociological-psychological framework, the problematic moral emotions of spectators evoked by watching the film Das weiße Band (The White Ribbon, Michael Haneke, DE/AT/FR/IT, 2009). As always in Michael Haneke’s films the spectator’s moral system is severely put to the test, upon watching the unimaginable actions people are capable of. At first sight the shown atrocities that remain unpunished seem to cause the spectator’s distress. The real horror, however, lies in the fact the evil occurs within the boundaries of a religious society that hails itself as good and just. The word of God as a moral guide becomes ineffective in this film and in Dogville (Lars von Trier, NL/DK/UK/FR/FI/SE/DE/ IT/NO 2003), a film used as comparison. Both films exemplify that in the end, the most difficult conclusion to process by the spectator is that the worst crime is feeling morally superior and teaching others how to behave. In The White Ribbon this teaching is projected as the punishment that causes the crimes. 2021-02-12T10:26:52Z 2021-02-12T10:26:52Z 2020-09-03 10:53:18 2018 chapter 47019 2414-0201 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/63482 eng Journal for Religion, Film and Media image/jpeg https://www.schueren-verlag.de/programm/titel/593-trauma-memory-and-religion-jrfm-1-2018.html https://jrfm.eu/index.php/ojs_jrfm/article/view/97 Schüren Verlag Trauma, Memory and Religion 10.25364/05.4:2018.1.1 10.25364/05.4:2018.1.1 5b80c228-3393-4862-a8e9-6c35a63484f1 07b59e28-6d9e-4b85-9550-462028ad76f9 47-60 open access |
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