Superhero fantasies are usually seen as compensations for individual feelings of weakness, victimization, and vulnerability. Paik traces how this political theology is expressed, and indeed literalized, in popular superhero fiction, examining works including Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’s graphic novel Watchmen, the science fiction cinema of Jang Joon-Hwan, the manga of Hayao Miyazaki, Alan Moore’s V for Vendetta, and the Matrix trilogy. He reveals that the fantasy of putting annihilating omnipotence to beneficial effect underlies the revolutionary projects that have defined the collective upheavals of the modern age. Paik shows how science fiction generates intriguing and profound insights into politics. Through character and story, science fiction brings theory to life, giving shape to the motivations behind the action as well as to the consequences they produce. Revolutionary narratives in recent science fiction graphic novels and films compel audiences to reflect on the politics and societal ills of the day.
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