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Tag Archives: Fundamentalism
The Anxiety of a Decade: Red Dawn, Threads, and The Quiet Earth as Divergent Portraits of 1980s Apocalyptic Belief
The celluloid application of the apocalyptic construct is largely indicative of its far-reaching cultural implications – as a concept so explicitly linked to notions of religion, spirituality, and postmodernism, divergent portrayals in film can help illuminate the inherent dualisms that … Continue reading
Posted in Final Papers, Mac Warren
Tagged apocalypse, End of Days, Film, Fundamentalism, Movies, Red Dawn, Science Fiction, The Quiet Earth, Threads
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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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The Seven Seals of Fundamentalism
“And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven….” Book of Revelation 8:1 I’d like to use this post to make a convenient analysis of the above image, in light of Strozier’s essay “Opening the Seven … Continue reading
Posted in Andreas Apostolopoulos, October, October 19
Tagged Absolutism, Dualism, Fundamentalism, Obama, Revelation, Seven Seals, violence
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Intellectual Elitism and the Loss of “Common Sense”
“Given its protean and elusive nature, a simple definition of Fundamentalism risks being too simple-minded. The movement of those we call fundamentalists is too new historically for there to be a clear and agreed upon definition. In fact, we argue … Continue reading
Posted in Andreas Apostolopoulos, October, October 12
Tagged abstraction, crusades, fascism, Fundamentalism, jihad, terrorism
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