White Samurai in a fascistic house of mirrors: Fight Club, Zen and the art of (Re)constructing ethno-nationalism

Included in the DVD package of David Fincher’s Fight Club are running commentaries that function as rebuttals to initial criticism. Presenting the narrative as a Buddhist parable was a means to counter critiques of the film’s treatment of fascism. This defence was dependent on an Orientalist underst...

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Main Author: Bartashius, Jason Andrew (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor and Francis Group 2019
In: Culture and religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 20, Issue: 4, Pages: 351-370
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Fight club (Film) (1999) / Buddhism / Japan / Whites / Hegemony / Fascism
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
BL Buddhism
KBM Asia
Further subjects:B Zen Buddhism
B religion and film
B Alt-Right
B White Supremacy
B Fight Club
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