A pessimist overview of the nature of human existence in the movie "Westworld"
A misanthropological afterthought
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14714027 |
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| Authors | Bojan Žikić (0000-0002-3276-1061, University of Belgrade, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-05 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Etnoantropološki problemi / Issues in Ethnology and Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0353-1589 • E-ISSN: 2334-8801 |
| Publisher | University of Belgrade - Faculty of Philosophy - Department of Ethnology and Anthropology (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.21301/eap.v12i2.4 |
| OpenAlex | W2753271244 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
The cultural communication attempted by this film in the context of science fiction as part of popular culture is analyzed. The message of the film pertains to the inexistence of a solution to the instability of the relationship between the normative order and human behaviour - which is the description of human social existence in the film, and is interpreted as a pessimist view of this existence. The message is arrived at through a string of binary oppositions
Art · Binary opposition · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Human communication · Human culture · Linguistics · Literature · Normative · Order (exchange · Pessimism · Sociology · Anthropology · Cinema History and Criticism · Communication and COVID-19 Impact · Digital Games and Media · History · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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