An epistemology of criminological cinema / David Grčki and Rafe McGregor.

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024.

©2024

134 pages ; 25 cm.

"Standing at the intersection of criminology and philosophy, this book demonstrates the ways in which mythic movies and television series can provide understanding of actual crimes and social harms. Taking three social problems as its subjects - capitalist political economy, structural injustice, and racism - the book explores the ways in which David Fincher's Fight Club (1999), HBO's Game of Thrones (2011-2019), and Jordan Peele's Us (2019) offer solutions by reconceiving justice in terms of personal and collective transformation, utopian thinking, and the relationship between racism and elitism respectively. In so doing, the authors set out a theory of understanding the world based on cinematic and televisual works of art and conclude with a template that establishes a methodology for future use. An Epistemology of Criminological Cinema is authoritative and accessible, ideal reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students, criminologists, philosophers, and film, television, and literary critics with an interest in social justice and social harm"-- Provided by publisher.

Online version: Grčki, David. Epistemology of criminological cinema Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024

English

August 06, 2024

Routledge studies in crime, culture and media

Includes bibliographical references and index.