A feeling of wrongness : pessimistic rhetoric on the fringes of popular culture /

"Examines case studies of popular culture as pessimistic rhetorical artifacts, and how non-traditional modes of argumentation can work rhetorically to overcome biases against pessimistic messaging"--Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Packer, Joseph, 1983- (Author), Stoneman, Ethan (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2018]
Subjects:	Pessimism > Case studies. Popular culture. Rhetoric. Pessimism. Case studies.

Table of Contents:

"Few defenders" : an introduction
"no, everything is not all right" : supernatural horror as pessimistic argument
"I'm bad at parties" : the philosophical pessimism of True detective
"Wubba lubba dub-dub!" : the tragicomic pessimism of Rick and Morty
"Finish her" : the interactive pessimism of Final fantasy VII
"All hope abandon" : transhumanism's hidden hellscape
Conclusion : pessimism never won any battles?.