{"product_id":"who-would-you-kill-to-save-the-world-9781496234988","title":"Who Would You Kill to Save the World?","description":"\u003ch2\u003e2024 Hugh J. Silverman Book Prize in Philosophy and Literature\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWho Would You Kill to Save the World?\u003c\/i\u003e examines how postapocalyptic cinema uses images from the past and present to depict what it means to preserve the world--and who is left out of the narrative of rebuilding society. Claire Colebrook redefines \"the world\" as affluent Western society and \"saving the world\" as preventing \u003ci\u003eus\u003c\/i\u003e from becoming the othered \u003ci\u003ethem\u003c\/i\u003e who are viewed in their suffering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eCritical Analysis of Postapocalyptic Cinema\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book challenges how postapocalyptic cinema functions as a humanist creation--Western, capitalist, colonizing, white, heteronormative, and individualist--questioning whether a world built on foundations of exploitation is worth saving. Colebrook combines postapocalyptic fiction with urgent concerns over the global climate crisis, colonialism, and anti-Blackness to explain how contemporary postapocalypse blockbusters circulate ideas of whiteness and the privileged right to rebuild.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eContribution to Extinction Studies\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWho Would You Kill to Save the World?\u003c\/i\u003e is a provocative addition to the field of extinction studies, challenging the conceptual frames we use to define ourselves. This work intersects film theory, critical theory, and contemporary philosophy to examine representation in visual culture and cinema studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClaire Colebrook\u003c\/b\u003e is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English, Philosophy, and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Penn State University. She is the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eDeleuze and the Meaning of Life, Gender, and Irony in the Work of Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska, 2003).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50680389894418,"sku":"9781496234988","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fbdf68d4-778c-4f79-a94a-7224f65d6c83.jpg?v=1734906094","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/who-would-you-kill-to-save-the-world-9781496234988","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}