Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Plato's Nightmare
- Part I Encounters
- Part II Confrontations
- Part III Overcomings
- Introduction
- 7 The Abject Self: Apocalyptic Consequences of Self-discovery in Fight Club
- 8 Rooting for the Fascists in Avatar
- 9 Yukio Mishima and the Return to the Body
- Bibliography
- Filmography
- Index
7 - The Abject Self: Apocalyptic Consequences of Self-discovery in Fight Club
from Part III - Overcomings
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 June 2018
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Plato's Nightmare
- Part I Encounters
- Part II Confrontations
- Part III Overcomings
- Introduction
- 7 The Abject Self: Apocalyptic Consequences of Self-discovery in Fight Club
- 8 Rooting for the Fascists in Avatar
- 9 Yukio Mishima and the Return to the Body
- Bibliography
- Filmography
- Index
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- Cinematic NihilismEncounters, Confrontations, Overcomings, pp. 145 - 159Publisher: Edinburgh University PressPrint publication year: 2017