@article{ART002495851},
author={Seo Dong Soo},
title={Zombie, the Subject Ex Nihilo and the Ethics of Infection},
journal={Journal of Popular Narrative},
issn={1738-3188},
year={2019},
volume={25},
number={3},
pages={181-209},
doi={10.18856/jpn.2019.25.3.006}
TY - JOUR
AU - Seo Dong Soo
TI - Zombie, the Subject Ex Nihilo and the Ethics of Infection
JO - Journal of Popular Narrative
PY - 2019
VL - 25
IS - 3
PB - The Association of Popular Narrative
SP - 181
EP - 209
SN - 1738-3188
AB - The purpose of this article is to compare zombie narratives in relation to the Other. In previous research, the view of zombies as post-capitalist soulless consumers or workers has been frequently expressed. But in this article, I wanted to look at zombies as the main cause of the collapse of the world and a new future.
First, zombies do not only mean the representation of the consumer in the late capitalist era. Rather, it is an awakening subject desiring the outside of the system. As you can see from the Uncanny’s point of view, zombies are something that we should oppress as freaks and monsters that threatened the Other. To be a zombie in this way is to meet one’s other self, the “Fundamentals of Humanity,” and it is the moment when everything becomes the subject ex nihilo, the new beginning. Second, the concept of infection shows a new ethic. Zombie cannibalism is different from the selfish love of a vampire who sucks a worker’s blood. Zombie cannibalism is an infection, which is a model of Christian love for one’s neighbor. It is a moment of awakening and the beginning of solidarity. It is on the waiting for the solidarity that the zombie hangs in such a way, and the attack on the human being is an active illusion. Third, the situation of the end of a zombie narrative is another event for newness. The anger of a zombie serves not just to show monsters, but acts as a catalyst that accelerates the world’s catastrophes. The anger of zombies is the messianic violence that stops the false world, and presents a new way.
The emergence of zombies and the popular response to them embody a desire for the possibility of a new subject and world.
KW - zombie;subject of ex nihilo;infection;ethic;revolution
DO - 10.18856/jpn.2019.25.3.006
ER -
Seo Dong Soo. (2019). Zombie, the Subject Ex Nihilo and the Ethics of Infection. Journal of Popular Narrative, 25(3), 181-209.
Seo Dong Soo. 2019, "Zombie, the Subject Ex Nihilo and the Ethics of Infection", Journal of Popular Narrative, vol.25, no.3 pp.181-209. Available from: doi:10.18856/jpn.2019.25.3.006
Seo Dong Soo "Zombie, the Subject Ex Nihilo and the Ethics of Infection" Journal of Popular Narrative 25.3 pp.181-209 (2019) : 181.
Seo Dong Soo. Zombie, the Subject Ex Nihilo and the Ethics of Infection. 2019; 25(3), 181-209. Available from: doi:10.18856/jpn.2019.25.3.006
Seo Dong Soo. "Zombie, the Subject Ex Nihilo and the Ethics of Infection" Journal of Popular Narrative 25, no.3 (2019) : 181-209.doi: 10.18856/jpn.2019.25.3.006
Seo Dong Soo. Zombie, the Subject Ex Nihilo and the Ethics of Infection. Journal of Popular Narrative, 25(3), 181-209. doi: 10.18856/jpn.2019.25.3.006
Seo Dong Soo. Zombie, the Subject Ex Nihilo and the Ethics of Infection. Journal of Popular Narrative. 2019; 25(3) 181-209. doi: 10.18856/jpn.2019.25.3.006
Seo Dong Soo. Zombie, the Subject Ex Nihilo and the Ethics of Infection. 2019; 25(3), 181-209. Available from: doi:10.18856/jpn.2019.25.3.006
Seo Dong Soo. "Zombie, the Subject Ex Nihilo and the Ethics of Infection" Journal of Popular Narrative 25, no.3 (2019) : 181-209.doi: 10.18856/jpn.2019.25.3.006