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Dan Dinello explicates Alfonso Cuarón's visionary Children of Men (2006) from ideological, psychological, and philosophical perspectives. Dinello explores the film's criticism of reactionary politics, arguing that it prods us to imagine an egalitarian alternative by urging identification with rebels, outcasts, and racial and ethnic outsiders.
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Dan Dinello is the author of Technophobia! Science Fiction Visions of the Posthuman Future. Professor emeritus at Columbia College Chicago, he has contributed chapters to numerous books including Westworld and Philosophy, Avatar and Philosophy: Learning to See, and The Ultimate Star Trek and Philosophy as well as pop culture stories for The Chicago Tribune and political articles for the Website Informed Comment.
Summary
Dan Dinello explicates Alfonso Cuarón’s visionary Children of Men (2006) from ideological, psychological, and philosophical perspectives. Dinello explores the film’s criticism of reactionary politics, arguing that it prods us to imagine an egalitarian alternative by urging identification with rebels, outcasts, and racial and ethnic outsiders.
