The savior and nihilism

Superhero narratives imply a profound reflection on the scope of sovereignty and its limits. But this is only a capillary manifestation of a much broader phenomenon embedded in the roots of modernity and its call to violence as destiny. This chapter explores, through Batman, the connection between t...

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Autor: Carrión Arias, Rafael
Formato: capítulo de livro
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
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Modernidad
Don Quijote
Dostoevsky
Humanidades
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Estética (Filosofía)
Cómics
72 Filosofía
6202 Teoría, Análisis y Crítica Literarias
7202.01 Estética
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Modernidad
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