عنوان

Eric Voegelin and Gnostic Hollywood:

شماره

LA110885

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Eric Voegelin and Gnostic Hollywood:

نام عام مواد

[Article]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

Cinematic Portrayals of the Immanentization of the Eschaton in Dark City (1998) and Pleasantville (1998)

نام نخستين پديدآور

Fryderyk Kwiatkowski

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

In the first part of the paper, I will provide an overview of Eric Voegelin's early thesis about Gnosis which he formulated in The New Science of Politics (1952) and Science, Politics, and Gnosticism (1968). A special attention will be paid to the idea of the immanentization of the eschaton which remains in the center of his argument. In the second part of the paper, I will analyze two Hollywood films in the light of Voegelin's thesis: Dark City (1998) and Pleasantville (1998). Firstly, I will argue that the main characters depicted in the films can be classified as Gnostics in Voegelin's sense. Secondly, I will demonstrate that their revolutionary acts reflect the idea of the immanentization of the eschaton. In the first part of the paper, I will provide an overview of Eric Voegelin's early thesis about Gnosis which he formulated in The New Science of Politics (1952) and Science, Politics, and Gnosticism (1968). A special attention will be paid to the idea of the immanentization of the eschaton which remains in the center of his argument. In the second part of the paper, I will analyze two Hollywood films in the light of Voegelin's thesis: Dark City (1998) and Pleasantville (1998). Firstly, I will argue that the main characters depicted in the films can be classified as Gnostics in Voegelin's sense. Secondly, I will demonstrate that their revolutionary acts reflect the idea of the immanentization of the eschaton. In the first part of the paper, I will provide an overview of Eric Voegelin's early thesis about Gnosis which he formulated in The New Science of Politics (1952) and Science, Politics, and Gnosticism (1968). A special attention will be paid to the idea of the immanentization of the eschaton which remains in the center of his argument. In the second part of the paper, I will analyze two Hollywood films in the light of Voegelin's thesis: Dark City (1998) and Pleasantville (1998). Firstly, I will argue that the main characters depicted in the films can be classified as Gnostics in Voegelin's sense. Secondly, I will demonstrate that their revolutionary acts reflect the idea of the immanentization of the eschaton. In the first part of the paper, I will provide an overview of Eric Voegelin's early thesis about Gnosis which he formulated in The New Science of Politics (1952) and Science, Politics, and Gnosticism (1968). A special attention will be paid to the idea of the immanentization of the eschaton which remains in the center of his argument. In the second part of the paper, I will analyze two Hollywood films in the light of Voegelin's thesis: Dark City (1998) and Pleasantville (1998). Firstly, I will argue that the main characters depicted in the films can be classified as Gnostics in Voegelin's sense. Secondly, I will demonstrate that their revolutionary acts reflect the idea of the immanentization of the eschaton.

تاريخ نشر

2020

توصيف ظاهري

220-242

عنوان

Gnosis: Journal of Gnostic Studies

شماره جلد

5/2

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

2451-859X

اصطلاح موضوعی

Eric Voegelin

اصطلاح موضوعی

eschaton

اصطلاح موضوعی

Gnosticism

اصطلاح موضوعی

Hollywood

اصطلاح موضوعی

immanentization

اصطلاح موضوعی

Nag Hammadi

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Fryderyk Kwiatkowski

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/2451859X-12340094

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y