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Eric Voegelin and Gnostic Hollywood:

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LA110885

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Eric Voegelin and Gnostic Hollywood:

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

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Fryderyk Kwiatkowski

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Leiden

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Brill

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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.

Date of Publication

2020

Physical description

220-242

Title

Gnosis: Journal of Gnostic Studies

Volume Number

5/2

International Standard Serial Number

2451-859X

Subject Term

Eric Voegelin

Subject Term

eschaton

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Gnosticism

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Hollywood

Subject Term

immanentization

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Nag Hammadi

Fryderyk Kwiatkowski

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10.1163/2451859X-12340094

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275578

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