Open AccessLove in the time of the post-apocalypse – ways of imagining love after the end of the world
Author(s) -
Ana Banić-Grubišić
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
etnoantropološki problemi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2334-8801
pISSN - 0353-1589
DOI - 10.21301/eap.v10.i1.3
Subject(s) - dualism , philosophy of love , romance , love story , literature , evolutionism , key (lock) , true love , philosophy , aesthetics , art , epistemology , computer science , computer security
The paper deals with ways of representing love and amorous relationships in post-apocalyptic movies. In these movies, there is a dualism of romantic and partner love, and these two types of love are there to help build a new world, or rebuild the destroyed society. These images of love emphasize the importance of evolutionist theories for the central ideas of these films – in post-apocalyptic scenarios love mostly serves the purpose of having or protecting progeny, it is represented as the key tool and mechanism of survival.