Full-text resources of CEJSH and other databases are now available in the new Library of Science.
Visit https://bibliotekanauki.pl
Visit https://bibliotekanauki.pl
Title variants
The Manners of Mass Murder: Eating Fear
Languages of publication
Abstracts
John Watters The Manners of Mass Murder: Eating Fear Summary The article attempts to show, through a close reading of Brett Easton Ellis's American Psycho, the fallacious basis of two currents in late-capitalist discourse. Firstly, through an extension of the theories of Roland Barthes on fashion, that consumer society provides the consumer with extended choice. Secondly, that the refinement of uniquely human behaviour, in this case manners, leads to moral superiority. Ellis's novel presents the reader with a sophisticated murderer who destroys choice through following fashion and manners through acts of violence. It is the author's contention, following Bataille, that the enhancement of uniquely human qualities cannot be the basis for a morality as it encompasses eroticism, perversion and murder.
John Watters The Manners of Mass Murder: Eating Fear Summary The article attempts to show, through a close reading of Brett Easton Ellis's American Psycho, the fallacious basis of two currents in late-capitalist discourse. Firstly, through an extension of the theories of Roland Barthes on fashion, that consumer society provides the consumer with extended choice. Secondly, that the refinement of uniquely human behaviour, in this case manners, leads to moral superiority. Ellis's novel presents the reader with a sophisticated murderer who destroys choice through following fashion and manners through acts of violence. It is the author's contention, following Bataille, that the enhancement of uniquely human qualities cannot be the basis for a morality as it encompasses eroticism, perversion and murder.
Keywords
Year
Issue
Physical description
Dates
published
2002-01-01
Contributors
author
References
Document Type
Publication order reference
Identifiers
YADDA identifier
bwmeta1.element.ojs-issn-2544-3186-year-2002-issue-4-article-2111
JavaScript is turned off in your web browser. Turn it on to take full advantage of this site, then refresh the page.