Heart of the Matter
Bodies Without Organs and Biopolitics in Organ Transplant Films
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3774563 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patricia Pisters (0000-0003-2456-0822, University of Amsterdam) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 23-36 |
| Publication date | 2014-10-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Angelaki (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0969-725X • E-ISSN: 1469-2899 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0969725x.2014.984430 |
| OpenAlex | W1563708829 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 12 |
In this essay I will look at four recent films that have organ transplantations "at their heart": 21 Grams (Alejandro González Iñárritu, 2003), L'Intrus (Claire Denis, 2001), Dirty Pretty Things (Stephen Frears, 2002) and Heart of Jenin (Leon Geller and Markus Vetter, 2008). Each film in its own way shows how Nancy's concept of the intruder balances in a different dynamics between biopolitical and biophilosophical concerns and proposes in various ways a changed concept of sacrifice, transforming sacrifice from religious offering into political or ethical resistance and allowing a-religious strivings to persist
Aesthetics · Environmental ethics · Political science · Politics · Psychoanalysis · Resistance (ecology · Sacrifice · Sociology · Theology · Cinema and Media Studies · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism · Political Theology and Sovereignty · Psychology · Law · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |