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- W2260416478 abstract "This paper undertakes a close analysis of two contemporary art films: Michael Haneke’s The Seventh Continent (1989) and Jens Lien’s Bothersome Man (2006). Both films explore the manifestations and implications of what I call the “spread of the inert” in late capitalist societies and inquire into particular strategies of resistance devised by the main characters. The analysis unfolds as follows. First, I examine the extent to which human life has been permeated by the inert in the advanced societies described by the films under consideration. I employ insights elaborated by Jean Baudrillard in his essay “Ecstasy and Inertia” to shed light upon the phenomenon of people’s passivity in the face of object proliferation. Second, I resort to Charles Taylor’s hermeneutic account of the dialogical self to further specify Baudrillard’s analysis. In particular, I seek to articulate the process through which human beings grow stupefied and apathetic under the reign of the inert. I introduce the notion of “atrophied selves” to describe the new type of alienated individuals, who have come to display a mode of being typical of objects as a result of their prolonged focus on objects of consumption and lack of meaningful interactions with others. Communitarian bonds dissolve, while indifference, neglect, and even violence become the norm. In this context, I explore the practices of resistance devised by several characters in response to the gradual deterioration of human life. I argue that these forms of resistance are ultimately escapist and self-defeating, and further undermine personhood and the basis for community building. This bleak portrayal of human beings in “advanced” societies constitutes the cinematic answer to a pressing question: Why are certain ways of opposing an alienating societal arrangement doomed to failure? Both films suggest that atrophied selves can experience malaise at their current situation, but have neither accumulated sufficient imaginative resources nor cultivated appropriate practices to be able to envision and bring about an alternative world." @default.
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- W2260416478 title "The Spread of the Inert, Atrophied Selves, and the Failure of Resistance in Late Capitalist Societies: A Discussion of Michael Haneke’s Seventh Continent and Jens Lien’s Bothersome Man" @default.
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