Abstract
The so-called Darkseekers in Francis Lawrence's I Am Legend from 2007 cannot be categorized as regular zombies. Nevertheless, the movie unfolds in what I suggest calling a zombified space: a social space divided into two kinds of human beings with unequal ontological and legal status. Based on Judith Butler and Charles Taylor, the article explores the ontological interpretation going on in the movie – a kind of sovereign decision, typical for modern disaster movies, that draws a line around the political community and decides who is cast outside the social contract's circle of concern.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Hazardous future : disaster, representation and the assessment of risk |
| Editors | Isabel Capoa Gil, Christoph Wulf |
| Place of Publication | Berlin |
| Publisher | De Gruyter |
| Publication date | 1 Jan 2015 |
| Pages | 205-222 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783110406528 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-3-11-040661-0 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2015 |
Keywords
- Faculty of Humanities
- katastrofefiktion
- zombie
- Carl Schmitt
- retfærdighed