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A feeling of wrongness : pessimistic rhetoric on the fringes of popular culture / Joseph Packer and Ethan Stoneman.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, (c)2018.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 219 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780271083155
  • 9780271083179
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • B829 .F445 2018
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
"no, everything is not all right" : supernatural horror as pessimistic argument -- "I'm bad at parties" : the philosophical pessimism of True detective -- "Wubba lubba dub-dub!" : the tragicomic pessimism of Rick and Morty -- "Finish her" : the interactive pessimism of Final fantasy VII -- "All hope abandon" : transhumanism's hidden hellscape -- Conclusion : pessimism never won any battles?.
Subject: "Examines case studies of popular culture as pessimistic rhetorical artifacts, and how non-traditional modes of argumentation can work rhetorically to overcome biases against pessimistic messaging"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

"Examines case studies of popular culture as pessimistic rhetorical artifacts, and how non-traditional modes of argumentation can work rhetorically to overcome biases against pessimistic messaging"--Provided by publisher.

"Few defenders" : an introduction -- "no, everything is not all right" : supernatural horror as pessimistic argument -- "I'm bad at parties" : the philosophical pessimism of True detective -- "Wubba lubba dub-dub!" : the tragicomic pessimism of Rick and Morty -- "Finish her" : the interactive pessimism of Final fantasy VII -- "All hope abandon" : transhumanism's hidden hellscape -- Conclusion : pessimism never won any battles?.

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