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Author Archives: Mac Warren
Spiralling Towards Darkness, and then, Light
The first time I finished The Road, I was on an airplane. The juxtaposition of my own surroundings and the solemn oppressiveness that McCarthy so eloquently presents in his novel were, at the time, quite disorienting. Mostly, the novel’s conclusion … Continue reading
Posted in Mac Warren, November, November 16
Tagged apocalypse, Cormac McCarthy, End of Days, The Road
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Final Project Proposal
The proliferation of the apocalypse in film has been a recurring interest of mine – as a concept so explicitly linked to notions of religion, spirituality, and postmodernism, its existence in movies can help to illuminate the inherent dualisms that … Continue reading
Posted in Mac Warren, Project Statements
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Ending With a Whimper, Not a Bang
“The clocks stopped at 1:17. A long shear of light and then a series of low concussions. He got up and went to the window. What is it? she said. He didn’t answer. He went into the bathroom and threw … Continue reading
Posted in Mac Warren, November, November 9
Tagged apocalypse, Book of Revelation, Cormac McCarthy, End of Days, Fiction, Glorious Appearing, Left Behind, Science Fiction, The Road, y2k
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The Prevalence of Paranoia
Out of this week’s readings, I found Bettina Muenster and David Lott’s “The Social Psychology of Humiliation and Revenge” to be the most engaging and insightful. Instead of relying on hyper-theoretical language that cannot be proved empirically, the duo focuses … Continue reading
Posted in Mac Warren, November, November 2
Tagged Bettina Muenster, David Lott, David Terman, Freud, Fundamentalism, Fundamentalist Mindset, Melanie Klein, Paranoia, social exclusion, violence
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The Social Network, Strozier, and Scientific Sloppiness
Having recently seen The Social Network, Charles B. Strozier’s essay, “The Apocalyptic Other,” was eerily pertinent. The film, which focuses on two lawsuits brought against Mark Zuckerberg (played by Jesse Eisenberg) – one from two Harvard classmates who allege that … Continue reading
Posted in Mac Warren, October, October 19
Tagged apocalypse, Film, Fundamentalism, Jones, LaHaye & Jenkins, Left Behind, Paranoia, Strozier, The Social Network, Video Games, violence, White Noise
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