Theology, Philosophy, and Severance
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Description
This edited collection reveals the religious, theological, and philosophical underpinnings of Apple TV's Severance.
Nickolas A. Fox and this volume's contributors turn to one of popular culture's most discussed, and highly awarded, television series. Defined by it's dystopian, thought-provoking discussion of modern capitalism, trauma, and corporate horror, Severance provides rich fodder for studies of philosophy and belief. While the series is not explicitly religious, this book launches a rich discussion of themes, messages, and imagery resonant with Christian belief. Across fifteen chapters, the contributors reveal how the series depicts relevant questions of community, resistance, and liberation, asking what viewers might gain from engaging with the series from a theological perspective. This book similarly hones in on Severance's deeply philosophical inquiries on memory, love, coping with trauma, and work life balance. In essence, Fox and the contributors consider how, and why, Severance's philosophical and religious frameworks not only resonate with viewers but prompt meaningful reflection about what it means to be human during the Twenty-First Century.
Table of Contents
Part 1: Severance and Philosophies of Existence
1: Half Loop: Incomplete Katabasis in Severance, Julie Ooms
2: Fear and Trembling in the Corporate Basement, Keola Whittaker
3: “Who Are You?”: Existentialism in Severance, Nickolas A. Fox
4: Who is the Authentic Self? A Kierkegaardian Analysis of Mark Scout and Mark S., Michael Steinmetz
5: Severing the Self: Alienated Subjectivity in Late Capitalism, John McDowell
6: “I am a person. You are not”: Persons and Selves in Severance, Ben Abelson
7: Life in the Labyrinth: Liminal Agency and the Right to Existence inside Lumon, Joanna Pascoe
8: Birth and Revolutionary Transformation: Innies as Mechanisms of Liberation through Past, Present, and Future Disruption, Della J. Winters
Part 2: Severance and Theologies of Liberation
9: “The You You Are” and the Prophetic Imagination, Nickolas A. Fox
10: The Myth of Severance: Neoliberal Religion, Enlightenment Progress, & the Problem of Evil, Ryan Furlong
11: “The Sacred Word of Kier”: Corporate Liturgy and Linguistic Indoctrination in Severance, Emily Vega and Walter Barta
12: Innies and Outies in Heaven and Hell: Lutheran Theology in Conversation with Severance, Jackson Reynolds and Adam Fairchild
13: “I liked the idea that I could be innocent again”: Innies, Child Labor, and Spiritual innocence in Severance, Becca Ehrlich
14: Breaking the Habit in Severance: Becoming-Severance Between Repetition and Rupture in Deleuze and Jesus, Ko Woon Lee
15: Love your Neighbor as Yourself: The Golden Rule in Severance, Robert Grant Price
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Product details
| Published | 13 May 2027 |
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| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 256 |
| ISBN | 9798216275572 |
| Imprint | T&T Clark |
| Dimensions | 229 x 152 mm |
| Series | Theology, Religion, and Pop Culture |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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