Marx and Vattimo watching The Walking Dead

Why on the left likes the zombie apocalypse?

Authors

  • Roberto Herrera Zúñiga Universidad de Costa Rica, sede de Occidente

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5377/realidad.v0i154.10105

Keywords:

The Walking Dead, Television series, Ideology, Postmodernity, Postapocalypse fiction, Communism, Karl Marx, Gianni Vattimo

Abstract

This essay analyses, from a political philosophy and contemporary social analysis perspective, the reasons by which a series such as The Walking dead has generated so much sympathy and acceptance, not only on the general public but also, and notably, on an unexpected audience for a post-apocalyptic television series: the left’s political militancy.

Realidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No. 154, 2019: 89-108

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Published

2020-08-08

How to Cite

Herrera Zúñiga, R. (2020). Marx and Vattimo watching The Walking Dead: Why on the left likes the zombie apocalypse?. Realidad: Revista De Ciencias Sociales Y Humanidades, (154), 89–108. https://doi.org/10.5377/realidad.v0i154.10105

Issue

No. 154 (2019)

Section

Essays

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