Cultural Framing of Risk and Religion within Science Fiction Narratives
This article explores some case studies of science fiction narratives concerning human-made worldwide catastrophes (i.e. The Day the Earth Stood Still, I Am Legend, Dawn of the Dead) that have been made and re-made since World War II. It analyses how the notion of risk has changed over this period o...
| Authors: | ; |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2014]
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| In: |
Journal for the academic study of religion
Year: 2014, Volume: 27, Issue: 1, Pages: 94-113 |
| Further subjects: | B
Popular Culture
B Risk society B Post-secularism B Science Fiction |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (doi) |
| Summary: | This article explores some case studies of science fiction narratives concerning human-made worldwide catastrophes (i.e. The Day the Earth Stood Still, I Am Legend, Dawn of the Dead) that have been made and re-made since World War II. It analyses how the notion of risk has changed over this period of time, the degree of human responsibility for these post-World War II catastrophes and how religion, which has not been their root cause, is now being offered as a subtle way out'. The article discovers key differences between narratives on risk in popular culture from the modern and late modern periods. |
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| ISSN: | 2047-7058 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the academic study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/jasr.v27i1.94 |
