Winning the Crowd

The Politics of Popular Films
Herausgeber: Ashbach, Jonathan

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Produktbeschreibung

How is Hollywood shaping the American public's thought about politics? Winning The Crowd: The Politics of Popular Films analyses the philosophies of power and the good life found in some of the smartest popular films of recent years.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781666955279
• ISBN-10: 1666955272
• Artikelnr.: 72700625

Autorenporträt

Jonathan Ashbach is Elizabeth Randel and Ana Scales Assistant Professor in American Constitutional Law at Oklahoma Baptist University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Color Revolution: Pleasantville, the New Left, and the Making of
a New American Identity
Chapter 2 Aristotelian Virtue on Death Row: Masculinity and Courage in The
Green Mile
Chapter 3 Gladiator and the Dream of Rome
Chapter 4 Ship as State: The Political Teaching of Master and Commander
Chapter 5 The Incredibles and Tocqueville: Preserving Human Excellence in
Democratic Times
Chapter 6 Nature and Nationhood in Gran Torino
Chapter 7 The Political Philosophy of the Dark Knight Trilogy
Chapter 8 For Agatha: Memory, Art, and Civil Society in Wes Anderson's The
Grand Budapest Hotel
Chapter 9 For Queen and Country: The Burkean Conservatism of (Daniel Craig
era) James Bond
Chapter 10 John Wick in Purgatorio