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Description of  An Epistemology of Criminological Cinema (Routledge Studies in Crime, Culture and Media)

1032441186 pdf Standing at the intersection of criminology and philosophy, this book demonstrates the ways in which mythic movies and television series can provide an understanding of actual crimes and social harms. Taking three social problems as its subjects capitalist political economy, structural injustice, and racism the book explores the ways in which David Finchers Fight Club (1999), HBOs Game of Thrones (20112019), and Jordan Peeles Us (2019) offer solutions by reconceiving justice in terms of personal and collective transformation, utopian thinking, and the relationship between racism and elitism, respectively. In doing so, the authors set out a theory of understanding the world based on cinematic and televisual works of art and conclude with a template that establishes a methodology for future use. Read more