The Ethics of Horror
Spectral Alterity in Twenty-First-Century Horror Film
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2024
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-6669-1084-1 (ISBN)
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-6669-1084-1 (ISBN)
This book examines spectral haunting through the philosophies of Levinas and Derrida. Arguing that moral obligation can appear terrifying to the complacent self, the text interrogates ethical responsibility in contemporary horror genres.
The Ethics of Horror: Spectral Alterity in Twenty-First Century Horror Film examines the theme of spectral haunting in contemporary American horror cinema through the lens of ethical responsibility. Arguing that moral obligation can manifest as terror to the complacent self, the text extracts this dimension of ethics in twenty-first century horror films. Drawing on the ethical theories of Emmanuel Levinas and Jacques Derrida, which posit the asymmetrical obligation of the self to the other, Michael Burke highlights how recent horror films portray spectral antagonists as ethical others that hound protagonists and summon them to an accountability that they can neither evade nor ever completely fulfill. Burke observes the resulting destabilization of notions of ethical responsibility and justice in a variety of contemporary horror subgenres, including technohorror, haunted house and zombie films.
The Ethics of Horror: Spectral Alterity in Twenty-First Century Horror Film examines the theme of spectral haunting in contemporary American horror cinema through the lens of ethical responsibility. Arguing that moral obligation can manifest as terror to the complacent self, the text extracts this dimension of ethics in twenty-first century horror films. Drawing on the ethical theories of Emmanuel Levinas and Jacques Derrida, which posit the asymmetrical obligation of the self to the other, Michael Burke highlights how recent horror films portray spectral antagonists as ethical others that hound protagonists and summon them to an accountability that they can neither evade nor ever completely fulfill. Burke observes the resulting destabilization of notions of ethical responsibility and justice in a variety of contemporary horror subgenres, including technohorror, haunted house and zombie films.
Michael J. Burke is associate professor of philosophy at St. Joseph’s University, New York, and director of the honors program of its Brooklyn campus.
Chapter One: Haunted by the Other: The Persecutory Phantom
Chapter Two: Technohorror: Negotiating the Paradoxes of Spectrality
Chapter Three: Haunted Hostage: Spectral Election and Toxic Surveillance
Chapter Four: Zombie Alterity
| Erscheinungsdatum | 27.02.2024 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Research in Horror Studies |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 158 x 236 mm |
| Gewicht | 540 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
| Sozialwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-6669-1084-8 / 1666910848 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-6669-1084-1 / 9781666910841 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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