Sovereign Violence

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Contents: Acknowledgments = 7 Introduction = 9 1. Unredeemable Images = 33 ADDRESS UNKNOWN (2001) and the Ethical Question = 37 BAD GUY (2001) and Visual Demoralization = 54 Coda: The Other Repetition in CAPITALIST MANIFESTO: WORKING MEN OF ALL COUNTRIES, ACCUMULATE! (2003) = 69 2 .Love Your Enemies = 73 Sophie's Choice inJSA.•J01NT SECURITY AREA (2000) = 76 The Moral Economy of SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE (2002) = 85 OLDBOY (2003) and Sovereign Judgment = 100 3. Serial Sexualities and Accidental Desires = 115 Repetition and Critique in VIRGIN STRIPPED BARE BY HER BACHELORS (2000) = 116 The Temporality of Modern Romance: WOMAN IS THE FUTURE OF MAN (2004) = 132 Coda: CAMEL(S) (2002) and the Cinema of a Generation = 150 4. The Face and Hospitality = 155 N.E.P.A.L.: NEVER ENDING PEACE AND LOVE (2003) and the Name of the Other Face = 158 MEMORIES OF MURDER (2003) and the Unreadable Face = 166 Kim Ki-duk's Untimely Critique: The Face in 3-1RON (2004) = 183 5. Forgiving the Unforgivable = 199 Forgiveness as Exception in LADY VENGEANCE (2005) = 201 SECRET SUNSHINE (2007) in the Light of Political Theology = 215 Cinema Beyond Melodrama: POETRY (2010) = 229 6. Global Cinema in the Age of Posthumanity = 241 The Restoration of Romance in I'M A CYBORG, BUT THAT'S OK(2006) = 242 Plastic Love and TIME (2006) = 252 The Profanation of the Priest: THIRST (2009) = 263 Conclusion: Afterlives of Sovereign Violence = 279 Notes = 287 Bibliography = 307 Index = 317

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