Consent, Revolution, and the End of the World: America's Apocalyptic Fixation as Politics

• In Event: Pop Culture and Identity: Comedy, Fandom, and the Apocalypse

Brief Overview

We ask why American culture has so many examples of apocalyptic imagery and storytelling. We argue that the American Political Regime's foundational ideas (of consent and the state of nature) explain the apocalyptic turn in American pop culture.

Authors

• Aaron Robert Kushner, Arizona State University

• Trevor Michael Shelley, Arizona State University