Writing about Evil
(2024) p.23-36- Abstract
- On the surface, Abel Ferrara’s cult classic The Addiction (1995) about a New York grad student-turned-vampire appears to be a metaphor for drug addiction. Yet this cinematic nightmare, in which various characters gradually sink into the perils of evil, hides deeper metaphors still. What lies beneath this story of urban vampirism? Why is it staged in an academic environment? International law constantly confronts extreme forms of evil. What demons take over when international lawyers try to address it in their writings? And what are our addictions when we compose articles and books in neatly aligned paragraphs accompanied by exhaustive footnotes? What if we realise that we ourselves are implicated in that evil we are trying to describe?... (More)
- On the surface, Abel Ferrara’s cult classic The Addiction (1995) about a New York grad student-turned-vampire appears to be a metaphor for drug addiction. Yet this cinematic nightmare, in which various characters gradually sink into the perils of evil, hides deeper metaphors still. What lies beneath this story of urban vampirism? Why is it staged in an academic environment? International law constantly confronts extreme forms of evil. What demons take over when international lawyers try to address it in their writings? And what are our addictions when we compose articles and books in neatly aligned paragraphs accompanied by exhaustive footnotes? What if we realise that we ourselves are implicated in that evil we are trying to describe? Using Ferrara’s film as a cornerstone of analysis, this chapter aims to propose a critical reflection on the work of international legal scholars and on the ruthless environment they operate in. (Less)
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- Rinaldi, Alberto LU
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- publishing date
- 2024
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- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Public international law, Folkrätt
- host publication
- Law and Film : Critical Reflections on a Field in Motion - Critical Reflections on a Field in Motion
- editor
- Becci, Vittoria ; Katsiginis, Alexia and Van Daalen, Edward
- pages
- 23 - 36
- publisher
- Routledge
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- scopus:85212031133
- ISBN
- 9781032609379
- DOI
- 10.4324/9781003461180-2
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- English
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