Just Popular Entertainment or Longing for a Posthuman Eden?: The Apocalypse in Margaret Atwood‘s MaddAddam Trilogy
n the context of the ecological crisis, tales of the apocalypse have become a regular feature of the contemporary cultural imaginary, be it in popular feature films, non-fictional texts, or dystopian novels. Margaret Atwood's MaddAddam Trilogy investigates this curious form of entertainment by...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2019]
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Journal for religion, film and media
Year: 2019, Volume: 5, Issue: 2, Pages: 31-50 |
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Atwood, Margaret 1939-, MaddAddam trilogy
/ End times expectations
/ Paradise
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion KBQ North America NBQ Eschatology |
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Ethics
B Narrative Worldmaking B (Post-) Apocalyptic Fiction B Ecology B Posthumanism B Margaret Atwood's MaddAddam Trilogy |
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| Summary: | n the context of the ecological crisis, tales of the apocalypse have become a regular feature of the contemporary cultural imaginary, be it in popular feature films, non-fictional texts, or dystopian novels. Margaret Atwood's MaddAddam Trilogy investigates this curious form of entertainment by both employing the template of the apocalypse itself, and reflecting on its cause and effect at the same time. The novels reveal how worlds and their respective compasses of good and evil are constructed through story-telling, and that the apocalypse is also a story which functions either as a moral structuring device or as an anaesthetic for the estranged subjects of late capitalism. Assuming a meta-perspective, the MaddAddam Trilogy engenders ethical reflections on possible futures, incorporating recent philosophical strands like transhumanism and posthumanism. |
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| ISSN: | 2617-3697 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for religion, film and media
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.25364/05.05:2019.2.3 |