The Non-Place between Sacred and Profane: Utopian Gestures in the Apparatus of Semiocapitalism in Laurent Cantet’s L'emploi du temps
This paper demonstrates the possibility of the utopian use of late capitalist non-places through Laurent Cantet’s film L'emploi du temps, arguing that the protagonist’s mental breakdown caused by cognitive overstimulation open up an unexpected critical perspective through which the contradictio...
| Published in: | The journal of religion and film |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2015
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| In: |
The journal of religion and film
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
L' emploi du temps
/ Nicht-Ort
/ The Sacred
/ The Profane
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies |
| Further subjects: | B
non-place
utopia
Agamben
sacred
profane
semiocapitalism
masculinity
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| Summary: | This paper demonstrates the possibility of the utopian use of late capitalist non-places through Laurent Cantet’s film L'emploi du temps, arguing that the protagonist’s mental breakdown caused by cognitive overstimulation open up an unexpected critical perspective through which the contradictions of the system become visible. With the help of Agamben’s theory of profanation I argue that the hero’s inoperative, free use of former sites mediating semiocapitalist flows offers an example of a form-of-life that is not captured by the apparatuses of commodification. |
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| ISSN: | 1092-1311 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of religion and film
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