Shows About Nothing: Nihilism in Popular Culture from The Exorcist to Seinfeld
by Thomas S. Hibbs
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From Harry Potter and Avatar to Mad Men and Seinfeld--the something about nothing in flicks, films, and TV shows.Tags
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A study of nihilism in television and movies--including The Exorcist, Trainspotting, Natural Born Killers, The Silence of the Lambs, Seinfeld, and The Simpsons (ouch). Mentions some of popular nihilism's antecedents in philosophy and literature.
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Thomas S. Hibbs is Distinguished Professor of Ethics Culture and Dean of the Honors College at Baylor University. He is the author of Arts of Darkness: American Noir and the Quest for Redemption.
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- Nonfiction, Philosophy, Sociology, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 791.43684 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Public performances Motion pictures, radio, television, podcasting Motion pictures Special aspects of films; film adaptations, film genres {class specific films in 791.437} Philosophic and abstract themes Philosophic themes
- LCC
- PN1995.9 .N55 .H53 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Drama Motion pictures
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