Sacrifice, Violence and the Limits of Moral Representation in Haneke'scaché

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ID4924980
AuthorsCamil Ungureanu (0000-0001-8419-8111, Department of Social and Political Science, Universitat Pompeu, Ramon Trias Fargas, 25–27, 08005 Barcelona, Spain)
Year2014
Volume19
Issue4
Pages51-63
Publication date2014-10-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAngelaki (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0969-725X • E-ISSN: 1469-2899
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0969725x.2014.984435
OpenAlexW1994803091
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited20

This article revisits Michael Haneke's Caché (Hidden, 2005) as a filmic transformation of the traditional bond between sacrificial violence, morality and community building. By drawing mainly on striking correspondences with Jacques Derrida's view of the “mystical” origin of authority and of the limits of moral representation, the article aims to probe into Haneke's strategies of concealment. In so doing, the article proposes a “postsecular” interpretation of the symbolic meaning of the enigmas of the “ghost director” within the film, and of Majid's theatrical self-sacrifice

Aesthetics · Epistemology · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Meaning (existential · Morality · Mysticism · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Representation (politics · Sacrifice · Sociology · Theology · Cinema and Media Studies · Law in Society and Culture · Psychology · Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism · Law · Philosophy

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