The Cult and Contemporary American Politics in Ubisoft’s Far Cry 5 (2018)

When cults with an apocalyptic worldview are represented in contemporary North American fiction, something specific can be seen to occur. As Žižek (2010) argues, the four horsemen of the apocalypse are now embodied by global contemporary issues (for example: biogenetic concerns, ecological crises)....

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Main Author: Fielding-Redpath, Ellie (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox [2020]
In: Implicit religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 23, Issue: 1, Pages: 5–25
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Far Cry 5 / USA / Politics / Apocalypticism / Cult / Othering
IxTheo Classification:AZ New religious movements
KBQ North America
NBQ Eschatology
ZC Politics in general
Further subjects:B Resistance
B Apocalypse
B American politics
B Far Cry 5
B Cult
B Othering
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