Cruelty, Horror, and the Will to Redemption
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22932229 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lynne S Arnault (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 155-188 |
| Publication date | 2003-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Hypatia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0887-5367 • E-ISSN: 1527-2001 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1527-2001.2003.tb00809.x |
| OpenAlex | W1965268072 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 16 |
Americans cherish the idea that good eventually triumphs over evil. After briefly arguing that a proper understanding of the moral harm of cruelty calls into question the credibility of popular American idioms of redemption, I argue that the epistemic dynamics of horror help account for the commanding grip of this rhetoric on the popular imagination, and I suggest that this idiom has morally problematic features that warrant the attention of feminists.
Aesthetics · Credibility · Criminology · Cruelty · Epistemology · Harm · Linguistics · Psychoanalysis · Rhetoric · Sociology · Warrant · Emotions and Moral Behavior · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis · Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,3 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2014 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |