From Utopia to Apocalypse: Science Fiction and the Politics of Catastrophe

Publication Type

Book

Year of Publication

2010

Author

Paik, Peter Y.

Publisher

University of Minnesota Press

Place Published

Minneapolis, MN

Language

English

Keywords

affliction (malheur)
tragedy
Marxism
political philosophy

Annotation

A number of references to Weil throughout the book, but see especially 174-78, Chapter 4 - "Between Trauma and Tragedy: From the Matrix to V for Vendetta"