{"product_id":"science-fiction-film-eli-park-sorensen-9781474481854","title":"Science Fiction Film: Predicting the Impossible in the Age of Neoliberalism","description":"\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eBy presenting a new political framework, the book looks at the sci-fi film genre's important critical role in a post-political world, deepening and elucidating our understanding of the post-political present and hence reopening the political imagination to possible future trajectories beyond the horizon of the present. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOpening a debate about the political dimension of science fiction films, this book uses Carl Schmitt's thought to provide a new theoretical approach to American cinematic sci-fi since the late 1970s. Drawing on Schmitt's notion of the state of exception and its basis in the unpredictability of tomorrow, it looks at the political ramifications when the moment of the future finally arrives. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith analysis of films such as \u003cem\u003eAlien\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBlade Runner\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMinority Report\u003c\/em\u003e, Eli Park Sorensen explores how power reconfigures itself to ensure the survival of the state, what 'society' means, who 'we, the people' are, and whether it will still be possible to retain a sphere of liberal, individual rights after the transformative event of the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eli Park Sorensen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 147448185X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474481854\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/22\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.36d","brand":"Eli Park Sorensen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44129310867711,"sku":"9781474481854","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_60f438f4-9bfd-4b42-a76f-135a6d8fa0d0.jpg?v=1687463190","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/science-fiction-film-eli-park-sorensen-9781474481854","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}